Small Wonder
It’s probably not the best idea for politicians to slack off and smell the roses in the run up to a general election, but smelling the roses is what more […]
Tag Archives: gratitude
Thank You. For Now
The mind of a teenage boy is, I am discovering, a fearful and wonderful thing. Beautiful, strange, unpredictable, irrational, surprisingly generous, unspeakably kind, maddening… All within a few hours, sometimes. […]
Reflections on my 30th birthday
Birthdays, at least for me, are usually bittersweet. There is the joy of having your own day, of allowing yourself a treat or two. There are the kind words and […]
Rediscovering Home
This summer, we took a vacation at home. A different home, I mean, someone else’s home but which was to be our home for two weeks. It was our first […]
Grateful to be Alive
Dostoyevsky, the renowned 19th century Russian novelist, thought he would die thirty-two years before he actually did. He had been sentenced to death due to his association with a socialist […]
Moments of Generosity and Gratitude
The other day, a friend of mine began to tell me about an experience that had happened to him recently. “I was walking to catch my bus from uni, along […]
Appreciation
Let’s talk about something really controversial: Getting kids to sleep. For those who haven’t climbed that mountain yet, there are generally two sides in this controversy. One is the “Attachment Parenting” […]
Wondering Fair 