If you are looking for a book that will take you to a wickedly funny place and make you laugh out loud, then I highly recommend Carl Hiaasen’s new book, Bad Monkey, to you. I just finished reading it while on vacation at the beach last week and I loved it! I can’t tell you… Read more »
Posts By: Mary Kate Cranston
What Day Is It?
Vacation. Isn’t it a great word? Although it’s a verb, the word vacation doesn’t evoke action to me. When I hear the word vacation I think about the air being let out of a balloon. Or exhaling slowly. I am in vacation right now and I feel blessed to be having one. I am off-schedule,… Read more »
Make Each Day Meaningful
Resilience is a quality we all have within us. We can take that resilience and make it work for us and strengthen ourselves if we choose. Resilience is a tenacity of spirit; a determination to deal with adversity in our lives. I know it doesn’t feel like it at the time we are trying to handle one… Read more »
So You Know You Can Dance!
Everyone can dance. And they should! For dancing gets you moving and helps you get rid of the stress and tension you are storing all over your body. Dancing also helps you heal your soul. While listening to music, my mind momentarily stops thinking about hurt and pain and frustration as I allow my body to take… Read more »
Exiting The Control Lane
It is Friday and I am one big burnt piece of toast! It has been a week of going to the hospital (hopefully my Dad will be discharged today), car maintenance (way too expensive) and early starts at work (hate the alarm). But I am truly looking forward to the end of today because that… Read more »
Sonia Sotomayor
I am a big believer in the idea that when someone offers you a helping hand that you should turn around and offer your hand to help someone else. It’s the right thing to do and haven’t you also found that you always get more out of life when you become actively involved and emotionally… Read more »
The Kindness of Nurses
Have you ever been in an emergency room at 2 am? Unfortunately, my son and I found ourselves there Sunday night because we needed to take my Dad to the hospital for medical attention to various issues that by themselves were not a big deal, but taken collectively, for a man in his 80’s, they added… Read more »
Moon Landing
Today marks the 44th anniversary of man walking on the moon. It is a historic date and a landmark event that people today still use as a standard or a call for national action on an issue as in “if we put a man on the moon then why we can’t we…….” I think most people remember where they were… Read more »
A Peaceful Soul
Thought For The Day. . . Photo Courtesy of The Secrets of the Sea For it was not into my ear you whispered, but into my heart. It was not my lips you kissed, but my soul. ~ Judy Garland
About Me:
A blog about moving through grief by developing resilience, practicing wellness & finding the wicked funny side of life. Widow. Mom. Writer. Dancer.
