Wow! This time the weather forecasters were right. We got covered in snow in Washington, DC. Many, many times, snow is forecast for our part of the world and then nothing shows up. The Washington, DC region is a strange weather pocket that seems to create it’s own kind of weather which can be that… Read more »
Posts By: Mary Kate Cranston
Happy New 2014!
As I awake to the beginnings of a new day and a new year, I feel the air is crackling with the sense of possibilities. Let us embrace the unknown and untried. Let us go forward, secure in the knowledge that we are resilient. We can gain strength from our pain and, in turn, we… Read more »
Thoughts on New Year’s Eve
Time is one the most precious of commodities we have. It should never be wasted and always treasured for its possibilities. On this New Year’s Eve of 2013, I hold in my hands my fresh new calendar for 2014 that I will hang in the kitchen tomorrow and as I flip through the untouched months and… Read more »
A Broken Christmas Ritual
I can’t tell you why but for the first time in many years, I didn’t place a Christmas wreath on my husband’s marker at the cemetery. I thought about it. I was going to do it. But then I never did get around to it. I’m hoping that this doesn’t make me a bad person.I’m… Read more »
SNL — Wrapping With Justin Timberlake & Jimmy Fallon
A good laugh is worth a million bucks. Justin Timberlake & Jimmy Fallon on Saturday Night Live There are a few of my friends and family members who can make me laugh so hard that I can’t get my breath and I love that they have this special talent. They are usually imitating someone or… Read more »
Family Dynamics
I’m sure I’m stating the obvious when I say that every family has its own dynamic and its own way of relating to each other and I think that this special form of communication developed within the family over the years is revealed in its barest form on a holiday. Let me tell you about mine…. Read more »
Christmas Eve 2013
Have you been naughty or nice this year? Santa knows which one, and as the song says, he’s making a list and checking it twice! On this Christmas Eve, that seemed to arrive so quickly this year, I hope Santa is good to you and brings you exactly what you wished for. Santa is one… Read more »
It’s A Wonderful Life
This time of year I am always on the lookout for when “It’s Wonderful Life,” is airing on television. I could buy the DVD of this holiday classic but that would take the spontaneity out of it for me. I like the surprise of turning on the television and finding it already on, or in the case… Read more »
Soul To Soul
You do not have a soul. You are a soul. ~Indie.Arie
About Me:
A blog about moving through grief by developing resilience, practicing wellness & finding the wicked funny side of life. Widow. Mom. Writer. Dancer.
