Put your shades on and wear something fun today!! It’s Musical Monday and the first full week in the Magical Month of May! It’s also almost Summer and when summer is right around the corner, that means it’s almost time to bring on the BEACH! For me, every summer has a signature song and I know this… Read more »
Posts By: Mary Kate Cranston
Seize the Freshest Foods of May
Yeah!!! The FRESHFARM Market by the White House opened yesterday for its summer/fall season and the freshest and greenest produce was on its’ best behavior sitting in beautiful baskets just begging to be bought, tossed, grilled and eaten. It’s too early in the season for my favorite farm grown tomatoes, but yesterday’s vendors showed off plenty of fresh… Read more »
Never Lose Hope
I am always searching for ways to simplify my life and focusing my outlook on the positive. When I read this quote from Pulitzer Prize winner Tomas Transtromer, the beauty of his message struck me immediately and brought to mind the flittering and lightness of butterflies. As we read Transtromer’s quote, may we think of ourselves today as… Read more »
A Mama Hug
I took a quick one-night trip to New York City on Monday to attend a senior awards dinner at Fordham University’s Lincoln Center campus. I was invited by the Dean of Students and was asked not to tell my son that I was coming because my son didn’t even know that he was going to receive an award. … Read more »
Parental Crunch Time
As a single parent, I can feel myself entering that time of year every parent knows as “crunch time.” The end of the school year is upon us and that always means that something that should have been done earlier in the school year and was forgotten or postponed now suddenly has to be done. Everyone… Read more »
The Amazing Power of Music
What would our lives be like if we didn’t have the amazing sounds of music? Listening to music can enhance a mood or change a mood. It can calm our thoughts and center our inner personas. Music enriches our lives on so many different levels and creates exciting connections no matter what our age. Our souls are thirsty for… Read more »
Shifting Gears
Hi There Faithful Readers: I don’t have much to say today because yesterday was one of those days when I swear I must have worked every gear possible to make it through the 24 hours that made up Wednesday. Between being caught in incredible traffic backups caused by accidents that involved cars and Metrobuses on the… Read more »
Talking To Myself
I was eating my breakfast and watching the local news yesterday when I heard some good news: a new study says that talking to yourself is good for your brain. Woot! Woot! Woot! What a relief!!!!!! I’m not alone!!!!!!! I constantly talk aloud to myself and I think it first started after my son was born. … Read more »
Joan Rivers Grief Insight
Those who do not know how to weep with their whole heart don’t know how to laugh either”― Golda Meir Have you ever laughed so hard you started to cry or cried so hard you started to laugh? For me, I’m usually crying and then it somehow I’m laughing. I’ve discovered there’s a thin line between the… 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.
