Yesterday morning, one of my nieces delivered her second child and shazam, just like that our large boisterous family has grown by one more! We expected her arrival at any time during this past week with everyone closely following the daily ups and downs of labor; starting, stopping, starting, stopping until the doctors decided… Read more »
Posts By: Mary Kate Cranston
A Bit of Hairspray Wisdom
Magical things happen to me in hair salons. My gray hair disappears, splint ends fall to the floor and I love watching clients and hairdressers exchange confidences that make each of them feel a little bit better about what is happening in their lives. This past weekend I experienced a different kind of magic; the magic… Read more »
Hard Days Kind Actions
I was having one of those days recently when I was doing my best to think positively but it didn’t seem to be working out. My thoughts felt powerless as things disintegrated around me. Stuck in traffic. Rescheduled deadlines. Unscheduled meetings. Extra phone calls to untangle things that had been screwed up. No matter how hard I tried to stay calm… Read more »
Peace Out
We live in crazy times my friends, with election talk this week seeming to bombard us everywhere we go. Since I live in Washington, DC, where politics and government are considered our main industries, I usually don’t bring up the election as a topic of conversation unless someone else asks me first. People are pretty polarized and the election is… Read more »
Finding Your Community
You’re in the mood to go out. Maybe go see a movie. Maybe get a drink. But as a suddenly single, widowed or recently divorced person you might find that your usual go-to friends are busy and you aren’t enthusiastic about going out by yourself. It’s not that you can’t do it because you’ve done it before. … Read more »
Awesome Life Stories
Learning to Surf The Waves of Life Each of us has a story to tell about how our particular and significant lives have developed and unfolded over the years and it can be surprising how others decide to reveal pieces of these awesome life stories to us. The more I listen to people of all ages… Read more »
Princess Diana — 19 Years
Revealing your unfiltered feelings and becoming vulnerable to another person is not something anyone does easily, particularly when you are brokenhearted and trying to talk about the loss of a treasured loved one. I bring up the subject of talking about the loss of a loved one for today is the 19th anniversary of the… Read more »
In The Moment
Hey there my Resilient Friends! This summer I have been sensing a theme among good solid friends I see a lot and great friends I see occasionally: change is in the air. When we get to a certain place in our lives, we mentally hold pictures of how we think life is going to play itself out. But life has its’… Read more »
Honey Lavender Lemonade — Recipe
I was looking through my Instagram feed earlier this week and a picture popped up that was so totally out of season that it made me burst out laughing. The picture was an almost arctic scene of the infamous Flatiron Building in New York City during a winter blizzard. The contradiction of standing outside during the dog days… 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.
