It Doesn’t Have to Be Perfect
kdillon2013-02-07T13:58:03+00:00"Do what you can, where you are, with what you have." ~ Theodore Roosevelt This quote now hangs on the wall over my two work laptops. It's a reminder, as I sit down to begin
Happy Cyber Monday
kdillon2012-11-26T15:36:51+00:00After writing a somewhat anti-Black Friday and anti-consumerism post last week, publishing this piece today might seem contradictory. It's not. We will all be shopping for our kids and loved ones, but how, where, and
A Week of Giving Thanks
kdillon2012-11-19T13:17:28+00:00This week of Thanksgiving I will be doing something more productive than stressing about seating for dinner, figuring out if I have enough plates to feed 40+ people dessert, or whether I am buying the
Focus on the Good
kdillon2012-11-09T18:28:56+00:00After writing a non-resolution post at the beginning of the year, I followed it up a few days later with a three-word commitment. The exercise in choosing three words to be ever mindful of as
Pause. Breathe. Start Anew.
kdillon2012-11-03T08:00:43+00:00Back-to-school rush. Three fall sports activities. Watching professional baseball. Halloween. The first half of fall has been busy for me, but there is a lull. Kid and professional baseball is over, a school routine is
A Single Mom, Not a Superhero
kdillon2012-10-09T12:38:17+00:00After four years as a single mom, I still have not realized the impossibility of also being a superhero. Instead of accepting this reality, my inner voice regularly makes declarations like this: "One day in
Living a Miraculous Life
kdillon2012-07-26T16:49:25+00:00Today's guest writer is Leah Carey of The Miracle Journal. She is someone who, no matter how insignificant the contact (e.g., comment of a Facebook post), she makes you feel happy. It's nothing directed at
How to Eliminate Stress by Focusing on Happiness
kdillon2012-06-13T12:16:34+00:00Stress and happiness. They don't belong together. Actually, it's incredibly difficult, other than forming a sentence with them, to put them together. Or so I have discovered. The series I started last week is about