When Heather Hopkins’ mother told her a story about how ashamed she was to go to school in tattered and ill-fitting clothes and shoes when she was a child, Heather … Continue reading Heather Hopkins: A Mother Called to Serve
Today’s a rainy, single-parenting, PJs-all-day, popcorn-and-frozen-pizza-for-dinner, inopportune-naptime kind of day. Blogging is not making it to the top of my priority list, but my pledge to post every day has … Continue reading Blog Break
Service month is getting a slow start. I’ve not done much towards my resolutions this week. In fact, instead of doing a friend a random kindness, I asked her to … Continue reading Week 39 Review and Praise for Aunties on Mother’s Day
Don’t worry everyone… We’ve found all of the playing pieces for my daughter’s Pop-o-matic Trouble game. The final missing piece had been erroneously stashed in the bin with the wooden … Continue reading Crisis Averted
Usually my “Happiness is…” posts include one thing I’m happy about along with a picture. But I’ve noticed (yet again) that I’ve really been focusing on the dark, not-so-pleasant things … Continue reading Happiness is…
We arrived just as the bell was being rung at the beginning of the Hanamatsuri service. We bowed and entered the hondo, the baby on my hip, my daughter clinging … Continue reading Trial by Water
Usually when I sit down to write these weekly reviews, I start out thinking (and sometimes even writing), “I did pretty well this week following my resolutions,” or “I didn’t … Continue reading Week 36 Review: Connecting with Strangers and Selling my Husband’s Stuff
Well, I’m certainly at a different place at the end of this month than I was at the beginning of the month, I’ll say that much. I do think the … Continue reading March: Motherhood Month in Review
If you’re a regular reader of Imperfect Happiness, you know I often try to reframe frustrations and setbacks in a positive light. Most of the time it’s something like my … Continue reading I Can Make an Awful Lot of Lemonade with a Lemon This Big.
The Daily Post prompt today: Describe the town where you grew up. Do you still live there? If not, do you ever visit? The geography of my childhood was less … Continue reading The Land of my Youth
Normally, I think of emotions, especially strong ones, as “bad.” They lead to yelling and crying and children learning new swear words. My usual method for dealing with strong emotions … Continue reading Emotional Awareness: I Think it’s Working
It’s always bad news when a friend prefaces a statement with, “I have a friend who’s a therapist, and she says…” No good can come of an exchange that begins … Continue reading Shutting up the Experts
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