Dec 22, 2022 | 30 Days of Joy
I’ve curated for us the best holiday playlist ever, and I’m not even kidding. (Actually, Spotify and I have curated for us the best playlist ever because they’ve added a whole bunch which brings the current song total to 820—oh my—and they’re...
Dec 21, 2022 | 30 Days of Joy
Have you seen Spirited? The new movie, starring Will Ferrill and Ryan Reynolds? It’s a modern take on the Scrooge story, and omg IT’S A MUSICAL. It will make you laugh; it will make you sing; it will make you dance (or at least want to). Spirited will make...
Dec 19, 2022 | 30 Days of Joy
It’s something we’ve said jokingly for so many Christmases, I’d come to hardly notice it. But this year, something shifted. Along about the seventh or eighth “it’s a Christmas miracle!” I actually started to count, numbering the...
Dec 18, 2022 | 30 Days of Joy
How I love a Christmas card. I love the images, the sentiment, the news about friends and loved ones, near and far. I love the photos of children and weddings and dogs and grandchildren. Vacations, graduations—I love them all. *** This year, I especially love this...
Dec 14, 2022 | 30 Days of Joy
I’VE BEEN A long-time listener of Kendra Adachi and her The Lazy Genius podcast. How I wish this type of content had been available to me when I was a young woman trying to man-handle a life-consuming job, manage a home, be the best Mom I could be to a beautiful...
Dec 13, 2022 | 30 Days of Joy
A recurring joy in my days is clicking on Instagram to see a new post by Good News Movement. Most everything shared there brings a smile to my face. Like this post, which I happened upon last night. A 10-year-old girl had written to Animal Control, requesting a...
