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Creating Harmony

Jan 22, 2014 By Elin Stebbins Waldal 5 Comments

It’s January 22, 2014 and I may be among the few on the planet who haven’t yet caught the “New Year’s Resolution” fever—meaning I have not written goals, ambitions, promises, […]

Filed Under: Life Lessons Tagged With: Harmony, life lessons, New Year's Resolutions

Renewed Faith in Humanity at Sunset

Dec 11, 2013 By Elin Stebbins Waldal 17 Comments

  There is enough outrage out there to make any single one of us not want to push back the covers and face the day. The kind of stuff that […]

Filed Under: Living Tagged With: Bait and Outrage, Civility, Faith in Humanity, nature, Sunsets

Giving Tuesday: Stand with Aaron

Dec 3, 2013 By Elin Stebbins Waldal 8 Comments

  From Thanksgiving through the New Year, no matter what traditions you celebrate, it is a time when people come together and give thanks. It is a time when loved […]

Filed Under: On being a parent Tagged With: Aaron Loy, Giving Tuesday, Meningitis, Recovery Fund

Last Day of November

Nov 30, 2013 By Elin Stebbins Waldal 4 Comments

November 30th has arrived and that means three things: November will be over very soon. College Applications for UC’s are due at midnight. It’s the last day of NaBloPoMo (National […]

Filed Under: NaBloPoMo13 Tagged With: NaBloPoMo13

The Passage of Time

Nov 29, 2013 By Elin Stebbins Waldal 22 Comments

Tonight as the night began to draw her curtain against the sun I couldn’t help but think how fast the years have slipped past. Sometimes I want to set the […]

Filed Under: NaBloPoMo13, On being a parent Tagged With: High school graduation, NaBloPoMo13, Present moment, Teenagers

Baking and Memory

Nov 28, 2013 By Elin Stebbins Waldal 2 Comments

Crouched down I retrieved the binder which is beyond bursting with recipes—some clipped from newspaper, some from magazines, while others were passed on. I knew what I was looking for […]

Filed Under: Grief, NaBloPoMo13 Tagged With: cooking, Death, Grandma, Grief, sweet rolls, Tradition

A Look at Healing

Nov 27, 2013 By Elin Stebbins Waldal 2 Comments

I want to live where soul meets body and let the sun wrap its arms around me, and bathe my skin in water cool and cleansing, and feel what it’s […]

Filed Under: Life Lessons, NaBloPoMo13 Tagged With: Healing, life lessons, nablopomo, Self-Love, self-talk

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