SIMPLY CELEBRATE NEWSLETTER JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2013 If you know me at all, you've heard me say — maybe ad nauseam — "there is so much more to Simply Celebrate than oom-pah-pah and party pinatas; it's about a deeper, more radical, unexpected celebration. ...
read moreSIMPLY CELEBRATE NEWSLETTER JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2013 If you know me at all, you've heard me say — maybe ad nauseam — "there is so much more to Simply Celebrate than oom-pah-pah and party pinatas; it's about a deeper, more radical, unexpected celebration. Simply Celebrate is about frami...
read moreI coined the term, "celebrating in the dark" to give language to what it means to find joy amidst stuff that is actually really hard and often quite unwanted. This week I had a "celebrating in the dark" experience around becoming that ole Green-eyed Monster. Everywhere I lo...
read moreConfession: I haven't yet taken down my Christmas tree. (Thank goodness it's artificial!) I like it. I like the little lights. I like the holiday glow. And I really like that every ornament on the tree connects to some piece of family history or a special story. When I was a kid, my mom...
read moreHi. Welcome to 2013. I'm sitting in the quiet kitchen at my mom's house in a tiny town in Ohio. There's a pair of blue jays clamoring for bread outside the window and a small brown wren just landed on our snowman's twiggy arm. (I'm surprised she was brave enough to go nea...
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