I recently had that moment, the one where you want comfort food. It had been a rotten day, a lot of things had come up that meant more work for me, and I was tired because I hadn’t slept well. Then homemade mac and cheese popped into my head. So I LOVE cavatappi with a … Continue reading
Author Archives: Jennifer
Thinking about letting go
We’ve all said it or had someone say it to us, if not both. It’s the mantra of the well meaning…”Just let it go”. I manage to be patient and understanding most of the time, but sometimes it is absolutely teeth gnashingly, jaw clenchingly, fist makingly difficult not to get snippy. Most often that is … Continue reading
Thinking about Family
Family gatherings to be more specific. I have a huge family gathering this weekend and some of my further flung relatives have already arrived in town so I’ve been thinking about family a lot. ThInking what I couldn’t say. It’s been kind of a jumbled mess of ‘so happy to see you’ and ‘good lord … Continue reading
Thinking about swimming
It’s summer in the Northern Hemisphere and one of the things I love most about summer is the opportunity to go swimming. Lakes, pools, rivers, the ocean…you name it, I’ll swim in it. In fact, I just went swimming the other day at a nearby lake with a friend of mine. It was a perfect … Continue reading
Thinking about frustration
So I’m working with a nutrition coach to change some habits I’d prefer not to take into the next 50 years of my life. Today during our call she asked me about the frustration I had just mentioned and I explained it was actually something that had come up a lot lately. I honestly have … Continue reading
Thinking about sunrise
It was barely 5:00am when I stumbled out of my room because I thought I had left a light on all night. Turns out it was just insanely bright because the sun was rising. I sat and watched it, marveling at how beautiful the colors of the clouds were as the sun got higher and … Continue reading
Thinking about summer
I got from 162 emails down to 26, packed the remaining things in my classroom, zip tied the cabinets, labeled everything left out of the cabinets with my room number so the custodians can put things back in the right classroom after they empty it to do the floors, finished my to-do list, drank my … Continue reading
Thinking about Love
Yes, I capitalized it. It’s a word of a thousand and one meanings and examples, so it is worthy of capitalization. When we think about love, we often think about romantic love or love between a parent and child, something traditionally seen as ‘real love’. But the Ancient Greeks had a broader interpretation of what … Continue reading
Thinking about fear
As I sit down to type this, fear could easily overwhelm me. I am afraid of so many things. I’m afraid of what my doctor will tell me abut my health, I’m afraid because I haven’t slept through the night in months, I’m afraid because I’m starting to write a novel and I’m not motivated … Continue reading
Thinking about memories
It’s early. Very early. For the past several weeks, I’ve been waking up in the middle of the night thinking about a variety of things. Mostly my past. Sometimes the distant past and sometimes the recent past, but the past just the same. What is it about memories that they always seem to pop up … Continue reading
Time To Stop and Think 