Parenting
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Wisdom Wednesday: Adventure
Wisdom Wednesday: Adventure “Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.” — Mark Twain I’m going on an adventure! It’s time for me to travel and to spend quality time with Arielle so I’m taking a little blog break. However, I will post pictures of my adventure on my KD Rausin page and my Mystic the novel page. I hope you’ll join me over there. This blog has grown thanks to you! Thank you…
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Love
Love. I feel it deeply for people, animals, nature, life, but I have a lot of trouble expressing my love in any other way except through writing. As much as I love and cherish my husband and children I have to remind myself to say the words, “I love you.” Imagine my surprise when I was doing an author visit with 6th graders and as the students switched classes the teacher called out the door, “Love you!” Wow, what a teacher! As soon as she said it a warm feeling overcame me and I knew her students were lucky to have her. She probably knows that some of her students may have never heard those…
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Wisdom Wednesday: Quality Time
Wisdom Wednesday: Quality Time By Shel Silverstein My father is a golfer– He lets me be his tee. He puts the ball upon my nose And hits it right off me. He says that I can share the joy Of every ball he hits. Oh, ain’t it grand to have a dad Who spends time with his kids. Shel Silverstein Last weekend I went out to dinner with the boys. At the table next to us was a father and two elementary school aged children. At first, I was amazed at how the brother and sister sat so quietly at the table with their father. Then as time passed I noticed the father hadn’t…
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Wisdom Wednesday: Love and Effort
Wisdom Wednesday: Love and Effort Love many things, for therein lies the true strength, and whosoever loves much performs much, and can accomplish much, and what is done in love is done well. Vincent Van Gogh Today I had the privilege of speaking, via the Internet, to Florida Virtual School students about MYSTIC. One of the students asked a very thoughtful question, “How do I find my passion?” I told them passion is doing something you love to do. For me, it’s writing. The books I create come from my love of storytelling. However, I think it’s important to also include the necessity of effort whether it’s a passion for sports, music, owning a business, sewing, painting, whatever it may…
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Top Ten Moments that Bring Me Closer to God
What Brings You Closer to God? It’s those moments in a day where suddenly you feel joy and everything you were worried about disappears. The moments you want to cling to and shout, “This is what life is all about!.” Okay if you’re an extrovert you’ll want to shout. If you are quiet like me you’ll simply feel it and smile. Top 10 Moments That Bring Me Closer to God Laughing with Eric, Arielle, and Kai Writing for hours and feeling as though no time has passed Watching my kids’ excitement over a success Sitting with my cats When my dogs demand my attention and I stop and pet them…
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Wisdom Wednesday: Energy
Wisdom Wednesday: Energy Being aware of the energy you add or take from interactions is a sophisticated technique that radically changes the outcomes of the conversations that fill your day. Seth Godin I like to surround myself with people who have high positive energy levels. They motivate me and intrigue me. My husband, Eric, is such a person. He walks into a room with his smile and slight bounce in his step and his energy is felt by everyone. My good friend Elena is exactly the same. They carry a light within that shines so bright you can’t help but smile and laugh when in their presence. What makes them…
