Baby Shower Table Scape Notice the whale as centerpiece My Mom and I hosted a baby shower for my niece yesterday and it was healing in a fun way to pause with my other sisters and close relatives to celebrate the arrival of a new family member. I think it’s always good news when a baby… Read more »
Posts By: Mary Kate Cranston
Funny Words of Wisdom
Yes! We have landed on Friday and it feels great right? To start Friday off in the right way, a friend shared a quirky and funny CBC Radio Wire Tap video with me and now I’d like to share it with you because that’s what friends do. If you have a little over four… Read more »
Constructive Living
So I find myself in an emotional place where I constantly feed my soul and busy brain with positive thoughts about life and the people that I care about. I also am working on centering myself through mediation and am learning the value of breathing. And I pray all the time: in the morning when I wake up,… Read more »
A Kind Connection
Mondays can sometimes feel a bit painful right? I find it helpful to plunge into a new work week by thinking about something positive or fun that may have happened to me over the weekend and those good feelings can help carry me through Monday. Something I will be thinking about today was an act of… Read more »
Hitting The Pause Button
This post may seem random but I promise if you hang with me I think you’ll see where I’m going. When I get home from work in the evening, I need to get out of my thoughts and do something that distracts me or relaxes me from whatever happened during the day. I think it’s fair… Read more »
Baby, I Miss You
“I miss you.” It’s as simple and as complicated as a human emotion can be. Today is one of those days when thousands of Americans, including myself, will set aside time to remember and honor an event that changed us as human beings and Americans. It’s also one of those days when people around the globe will silently,… Read more »
Sweet Summer Stress Reduction
Almost everything will work again if you unplug it for a few minutes, including you. ~ Anne Lamott There’s a rumor floating around that summer is over but I don’t believe one word of it. Temperatures in Washington, DC are still hovering in the low 90’s, corn on the cob is still in season, along… Read more »
A Cup Of Healing
A wonderful friend recently gave me the hand made ceramic cup pictured above. Sometimes I keep it on my kitchen counter or the desk where I work on my computer. And then sometimes I put it on my bedroom chest of drawers. I like to move it around the house because there is something comforting about it’s… Read more »
The Glass Castle — Memoir
Author Jeannette Walls I became aware of this amazing book in the same way that I learn about lots of good things: through my friends. I’m not sure how I missed this powerful story because The Glass Castle was published in 2005, received numerous awards and was a New York Times Bestseller for three years. But the important thing… Read more »
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A blog about moving through grief by developing resilience, practicing wellness & finding the wicked funny side of life. Widow. Mom. Writer. Dancer.
