“Age is not a particularly interesting subject. Anyone can get old. All you have to do is live long enough”. ¨Groucho Marx AGE, such an interesting concept. Coming off of this weekend, my age has strangely become top of mind. … Continue reading You will get older, but have you lived?
“A friend is one who knows you and loves you just the same” ~ Elbert Hubbard How can I thank you enough Cyndi Lauper for this anthem, for it could not be more true, and while fun means different things at different times in your life, often the fun is in just being with those you call your friends. Coming off our annual girls trip, where 5 of our tribe of 8 could make it, I have the bittersweet feeling you get you are reading an amazing all engrossing book (see dictionary for Twilight, also known as crack:) – yes, … Continue reading Girls just want to have fun and it’s good for the soul.
As I am about to see my closest friends from childhood, I could not be more excited. Although it won’t be all of 8 of us, we are all together in spirit (M, A, K, J, T, N, S & … Continue reading A lovely poem about childhood friends
Can’t you just remember these days? It’s hot out, you are outside playing and having fun and smack, there it is a water balloon, … Continue reading Even when a heat wave sweeps the nation, we can all remember a little summer fun.
“Even though we’ve changed and we’re all finding our own place in the world, we all know that when the tears fall or the smile spreads across our face, we’ll come to each other because no matter where this crazy world takes us, nothing will ever change so much to the point where we’re not all still friends.” ~ Unknown Hello, hello, hello. So happy to be back with everyone. As you may have inferred from my somewhat chaotic ramblings the week before last, the swirling amount of to-dos came to their proverbial head last week as we tried to … Continue reading The true beauty of true friendship
“We must become the change we want to see.” ~ Mahatma Gandhi Ok, so perhaps that title is a little risqué, but for those of you who may think ‘mynewfavoriteday’ has gone into the gutter, it hasn’t, ok maybe sometimes, … Continue reading The gift of the first time…there is still time.
“How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world.” ~Anne Frank As I mentioned yesterday, I am taking this week to focus on the idea that “It takes a Village”. As this started … Continue reading “When walls go up, walls come down”. It takes a Village.
“There are three stages of a man’s life: He believes in Santa Claus, he doesn’t believe in Santa Claus, he is Santa Claus.” ~Author Unknown “Fatherhood is pretending the present you love most is soap-on-a-rope.” ~Bill Cosby “You will find … Continue reading Thoughts about love for Father’s Day….
“In everyone’s life, at some time, our inner fire goes out. It is then burst into flame by an encounter with another human being. We should all be thankful for those people who rekindle the inner spirit.” ~ Albert Schweitzer … Continue reading “I GOT IT!” ~ A reminder about friendship and remembering to love yourself
I just want to say thanks again for making helping to make this my new favorite week. Your journey with me through “mynewfavoriteday’ means so much to me. As I like to do on Fridays, I created a video recapping our week together… You may or may not hear from me in the next week because I am going to take the week off to give myself a little TLC. I will be back in full force the week of the 13th, but until then I wish you all a series of joyful moments, lots of smiles, opportunities to make … Continue reading Thank you for another week with MNFD….
