Alef Bytes
Life happens in little bytes.Â
Learn to love the in betweens.
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I’ve been thinking a lot lately about worth.
Not the kind we assign numbers to.
But the kind that shows up in what we're willing to invest in, stay wi...
It’s one of the questions I get asked most every time registration opens.
After seven cohorts I still don’t think there’s a single right answer.
Bec...
As I sat at the menorah last night, I pondered the question that arises in me every year at this time.Â
I know the conversation you're thinking about Kindred.Â
The one you've been dreading having with your teen.*
The one about the seasons, cycles, bird...
I’m in a season.
One of those strange, special ones where life turns itself inside out without waiting for my opinions or approval. A season where ev...
Of being too much?
Of being unreasonable?
Emotional?
Irrational?
Unmanageable?
If you’re a woman reading this, my guess is that at some point in ...
A friend recently gently called me out at my woeful levels of availability when it comes to coffee dates and hikes and phone calls and friendship in g...
I put myself in time out this morning.
My son Deeds has been overdue for learning about Time Outs. He’s a little spoiled this one, born after ten yea...
Meet Miss Calibrated.
She’s the part in me who loves genuine feedback.Â
….Almost as much as Miss Aligned loves thinking she’s already right.
They’r...
Ready to meet Miss Quoted?
It seems to be a week of introductions as I'm getting to meet all the new people who have recently found their way here.Â
...
Remember Miss Understood? The part of me that means well but sometimes gets taken the wrong way?
The amount of feedback you gave me around that e
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It’s stupid-early. 5:45am.Â
House is quiet, kids asleep, and I should be making the most of this precious time.
Instead, I'm here, thinking about the ...
