Author Archives: attraversiamodarmaz

I haven’t been here in awhile. Good Friday seemed like a fine time to show up. I started the year all ready to be more intentional about goals and plans and resolutions and I was going to be the girl … Continue reading →

Holidays can be so tricky…schedules, budgets, expectations, travel, blah blah blah. I am ever seeking the best way to make it matter. I also try to be reasonable and have a general “less is more” approach. I find myself easily … Continue reading →

I create rules…because I love a good plan…and then I break the rules when they no longer serve me well. Today was a lovely day. There were many great moments. Yet, it wasn’t exploding with grateful photos. I am a … Continue reading →

I think all too often it is easy to forget why we have our choices. I can say I am not comfortable with violence and choose to solve problems in other ways. I can care for my children and my … Continue reading →

It’s warm!! I had lunch with a beautiful soul I have known since kindergarten. I started the day in a classroom…I love that. I am on my way to workout…I love that too (but if today is not your workout … Continue reading →

It was one of those days… You know the kind? Mostly it is good. Many lovely things happened. Why can’t I focus on that? Nope. Instead I play in my head over and over again these two parenting moments that … Continue reading →

I missed a few days. I didn’t want to write this one. The most beautiful soul died so very suddenly. She was only 42. She taught right next door to me my first year in KC. She shook her head … Continue reading →

They aren’t much 🙂 My baby girl is playing basketball for the first time. She doesn’t love being in front of a crowd, and she is doing something totally foreign to her in front of a crowd. I think that … Continue reading →

If I chose, I could focus on my list of to do’s, the dust, blah blah blah. I could worry myself sick (no kidding – this is possible) with all that is out of my hands…with all that I just … Continue reading →

I can’t find the words to accurately capture my confusion at the indications reflected in poll results. It doesn’t make sense to me. What I do know, is that it mattered that I voted. It mattered that I tried to … Continue reading →