klynlynk

In this age of technology and instant gratification I went four weeks without a cell phone.   On purpose.   From 3 July 2015 to 31 July 2015 I turned off my phone and turned on a new experience.  It was an experience that took me briefly back to a time when we didn't have the world in the palm of our hands.  It was an experience that delighted me, challenged me, educated me, humbled me, and fueled my longing for simpler times. The Pros: I had to use my imagination when I was bored.   I learned how spoiled I'd become and how accustomed I was to instant gratification.  That's not a trait I desire for myself and it was humbling to acknowledge that I needed to make some changes. I didn't feel as "busy".  I was just as busy but it was better. My neck didn't hurt from being oddly bent over a device.  It brought new definition to the phrase, "keep your chin up". I had to depend on the willingness of others to share their phone with me when I ...

My husband and I are thirty-something's in the middle of raising a modern, busy family of three girls aged 16, 14, and 5 years.  We're at a stage in life where we buy tampons in bulk and dinner is never agreed upon unanimously. As a mother, I adore every fiber of each of my daughters' precious existence. As an aging human who often runs on that hamster wheel of self-induced stress, I can reach new levels of memory loss, frustration, exhaustion and insanity with superhuman speed. As a language lover, I cherish every word that comes out of the mouths of my babes. Our house is  full of all kinds of goodness, hormones, noise and dreams; occasionally I'm mindful enough to make a memory out of the moments we share. If laughter is the best medicine, then my favorite prescription is remembering when that's what she said. When she starts a conversation with: Middle Kid:  "So, we were tumbling in choir today..."   When she won't eat her vegetables: ...