Cori | December 17, 2009
This is the view out my front window. Beautiful. Majestic. Inspiring. Peaceful. Just what I need right now in my life. This mountain has became everything that it is today because of the harshness of it’s past. It’s not the tallest mountain, or the most beautiful, or the most rugged, or the most… anything, really. [...]
Cori | October 27, 2009
If the response to my last blog post is any indication, Grandparents really are special people! What a gift for me to get to read about so many wonderful, special Grandmas and what they have meant to some of you. Thanks for sharing such special memories and traditions! Today I read about another special Grandma, [...]
Cori | October 18, 2009
Pollyanna. Rose-colored glasses. Optimistic to a fault. Miss Happy. Somehow, we can be intimidated by people with a positive attitude. We tend to think they are ‘gifted’ with a positive attitude and maybe they just haven’t had any real trials in life. That their struggles are easier on them because they have optimism in their [...]
Cori | August 25, 2009
Confession 1: I have always wanted to take professional cake decorating classes. When I was a teenager I went to church with a couple of professional cake decorators. Each generously shared their talents at separate times to give a “basics” class to the young women in our group. Both times I was completely enamored; I [...]
Cori | August 12, 2009
One year ago our lives were taking some drastic turns. There are seasons of relative calm in life and there are seasons of whirlwinds; and everything in between. We were just starting to settle into a relative calm at the beginning of 2008. We were not where we needed to be yet, but we were [...]
Cori | June 23, 2009
When I was in grade school and junior high, I played softball and racquetball and enjoyed status as one of the best long- and triple-jumpers in our school. I loved being athletic, but I wasn’t self-confident enough to really push myself into anything I would have to try-out for. Then in 8th grade I dislocated [...]
Cori | December 31, 2008
The move and all that comes with it seems to be going forward. There is so much to do! I am constantly amazed at all the phone calls, packing, cleaning, sorting, errands… It just goes on and on. I’m not looking forward to living 700 miles from my kids and grandkids, but I am looking [...]
Cori | September 19, 2008
I once read that all parents “damage” their children. I was taken aback by this. Afterall, all I ever wanted out of life was to be a Mother. I loved Play-doh and music time and I never got tired of any toy that made a repeated noise. We went on walks, we went to the [...]
Cori | September 5, 2008
I’ve been following a blog, cjanerun, by a woman whose sister and brother-in-law were seriously burned in a small plane crash. Most of you have seen or heard something about this situation as, apparently, the woman who was burned, Stephanie Nielson (nieniedialogues) was a pretty famous blogger. I had never heard of her, but my [...]
Cori | September 2, 2008
I’ve discovered an author named Barbara Sher who has some great information for those of us who don’t want to/can’t settle into one career for life. I love her book Refuse to Choose and have been studying it for about a month now. While I haven’t finished it yet (I’m reading too closely), I can [...]
