Tag: Family & Relationships

I have two favorite holiday traditions the first one is the hanging of lights, which if you recall from my Christmas article last year, is a shared Buddhist and western tradition.

My husband, Chris, and I decided to have a “real” Christmas tree this year. By “real,” I mean, “fake,” but also I mean, “more real than the three-foot, self-lit, $10 one Chris bought years ago, before we met.” A “nicer fake” tree, if you will.

Chris started the decorating — stringing up LED lights all over the inside of the house. I pulled out the Christmas tree from the garage.

In coming to a crossroad in life, just remember that LIFE IS A RISK!  Great risk yields great reward.

I am often very scattered in my thinking.

Tomorrow there's going to be plenty of Disney princesses and Avengers walking door to door asking for candy.

But we're sure there's going to be some angels, pharaohs and maybe even a few Moses' walking around too.

When my children were in elementary school, I was blessed to have a dear friend whose children were just a stage or two older.  She was enormously helpful in preparing me for the next round of ‘opportunities’ (i.e. challenges) that would arise in parenting.

Looking back on my formative years, I have noticed that influential people in my life tended to present things as very black and white, and as an adult I now realize that things aren't that simple.

I wouldn't advise anyone to get romantically involved with anyone who didn't share their own faith.