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The key word here is “some.” I’ve been thinking a lot lately about patience. In general, I need to practice it more regularly. When something needs done, I want to do it. When something is wrong, I...
It’s impossible to think I could organize all of the emotions I feel tonight after hearing the horrific news of what happened in Boston today. As a runner, as a daughter and a sister and a best...
I don’t know if it’s because it’s Friday, or because I started drinking caffeine again this week (though that might not last), or maybe the sunshine, but I am feeling INSPIRED today! One way to...
I’m not good at saying wrong things and shrugging it off. A fairly calculating person, I tend to think before I speak or not speak at all, to wait before I do especially if my action affects...
Another lesson learned through my time studying The Artist’s Way! In a recent week, one of the tasks was to list people in your life who you admire (or the more negative and revealing feeling of...
One year ago today I was in Austin, Texas on a bus tour across the country. I was sitting in the auditorium lobby of a high school with two girls who were chatting with me about boy trouble and...
There isn’t anything in the world more important than love. Share some love today – be it romance, appreciating good friends, or getting lost with a good book. Like my favorite love story, The Time...
Yesterday I posted my letter from myself at 8. Here’s the counterpart to that task from The Artist’s Way: a letter to my current self from myself at 80. This is my favorite. Darling Kimberly, You...
I’m halfway through my third study of The Artist’s Way! My favorite task so far has been the letters to myself now (at thirty), from myself at both age 8 and age 80. Not only was it fun to see how...
On occasion, someone comes into my life around whom I make myself small. It’s not something I know is happening until much later, usually, and therefore am not as apt to exit the relationship or...
What have you learned in life? You know, the little things that make a big impact on what it means to live? Here are 5 of my favorite life lessons. Share yours in the comments! 1. Have your...
I’ve been a long-time hater of Valentine’s Day, but something’s gotten into me this year and it’s not all the lovey-dovey romance stuff (although this year has the potential to be my most romantic...
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer My rating: 4 of 5 stars This was a great read! Oskar was the perfect young narrator, with a voice truly all his own. I’ve had people tell...
Running is still a miraculous thing to me, even though I’m not quite beginner status any longer. I went for a run Sunday just before I came home to New York, and the motions came naturally to me; I...
Someone recently suggested that I post the playlist of songs that I listened to when I was writing Loved. You have your soundtrack (which I still can’t stop listening to – those artists are...
I want to start this off by saying there are plenty of times that I’m insensitive. Not on purpose of course, but being human and such, it happens. Also I’m not a naturally curious person. I listen,...
It’s the very last day of what was vastly the most fun – and I would have to say most pivotal – year of my life thus far. And it’s raining outside. And I’m drinking coffee. Pretty much what’s...
The Cranes Dance by Meg Howrey My rating: 3 of 5 stars I admit, I’m a little torn about what I think of this book. Overall, I loved the dance theme and the exploration of the (very small)...
There are at least eighteen things I love about this list of 101 Best Tweets from Women in 2012. Here are a few of those eighteen+ things: 1. At least 93 of these made me laugh. Women are FUNNY. 2....
My friend Krista and I were having a conversation a couple of weeks ago about our past selves. I’ve known her since I was fifteen, which is half my life now (that blows my mind), and we were...
The Girls’ Guide to Hunting and Fishing by Melissa Bank My rating: 4 of 5 stars An exploration of the influence of men in a woman’s life, The Girls’ Guide to Hunting and Fishing will have you...
As 2012 winds down it’s time to celebrate another year in Ooh La La Life blogging! Thank you to the readers, sharers and commenters whose time and feedback means so much to me! Let’s recap! Here...
What a month! I might sleep through December just to recover from the events of the last few weeks. There was the book release and party, my 30th birthday, and the opportunity to meet Carrie...
Had to share this from my company website. What are your hopes for 2013? Do you plan to get started now? Why not! New Year: Don’t Wait Until January!
I have to say, I did not realize the vacant space there was in the universe for conversations about life in your twenties. I set out to share that message in Loved, and in “Thirty is the New...
Yesterday was such an incredible day! Beyond the book release, my first post for Huffington Post was published – a piece on my thoughts on the experience of being a twentysomething, and the...
That’s a trick blog title. I don’t believe in impossible things. I’m so flattered by all of the compliments I’ve received as I prepared for the release of LOVED today. Many people who have already...
The Fault in Our Stars by John Green My rating: 4 of 5 stars I had heard people rave about this book, but even as an advocate for young adult cancer I still put off reading it, thinking, “cancer...
Calling all tweeters and Instagrammers! I present to you, the Loved November Photo Challenge! In celebration of the month of the book release, please join me in sharing a photo that reminds you of...
Last month I visited Mexico to serve as the officiant for the wedding of some friends of mine. It was both vacation and an opportunity to be a part of their special day! I wrote the wedding with...
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