The change in seasons has been taking me for a bit of a roller coaster ride lately and I am ready to get off. I can’t quite put my finger on what is bringing about all of these conflicting feelings but I am determined not to let them get the best of me. Some of it, I… Read more »
Posts By: Mary Kate Cranston
Strangers Become Friends
When walking down the street, with a destination in mind, lost in my thoughts about work or something happening in my personal life, I admit that I am not always aware of the people around me. I know that physically there are groups of people or singular people walking towards or past me, but the details of… Read more »
Royals Cover By Pip
Lorde’s smash hit, “Royals,” is a mesmerizing song with an almost hypnotic beat. I can’t understand all the words to the song but I still like it and it continues to grow on me. I was surfing around on YouTube the other day because music is an instant stress buster for me and found a different version… Read more »
Kindness In a Me, Me, Me Culture
No matter what our age or place in life, we always remember the people who are kind. For instance, during the homily of a friend’s funeral, I found myself sitting by myself because I had a arrived a little late and my friends were in another part of the church. As I listened to the beautiful… Read more »
Arlington Cemetary Allows Personal Mementos
Arlington National Cemetery has a heart. Officials at the cemetery recently talked to families about their months long practice of leaving personal items on soldier’s headstones and Arlington is now compromising on its policies about leaving the personal mementos at gravesites. Today’s post is an update of a story I wrote about on October 3 discussing how staff at… Read more »
Joy Of Motion
Blogging plus my full-time job equals too much time in front of the computer. When I am involved in a deadline project and super concentrated on what I am doing, it is very easy for me to lose track of time and forget to move from my chair. Sitting at my desk for hours on… Read more »
A Silly Ode to October
I know the calendar says it’s the month of October but there have been days when it has felt as though it were July. When it feels like summer I am definitely one happy camper!! It’s all I can do to stop myself from driving to the beach!! But then there are the shorter days when… Read more »
Love On A Two Way Street
I went to Trader Joe’s after work the other evening to pick up some up their fabulous pita chips and instead gained some insight into a different part of life in DC: being a homeless vendor. Near the entrance of the store stood a man, who introduced himself to me as David. He was selling newspapers called… Read more »
Malala’s Light
When the news first broke a year ago that 14-year old Malala Yousafzai had been shot in the head by the Taliban while sitting in a school bus all I could imagine was the extreme fear and chaos of that terrifying moment. How could someone be so afraid of a child on her way to school? Just… 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.
