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Twisted Mix Tape: Farewell

Apr 15, 2014 By Elin Stebbins Waldal 4 Comments

Endings are tough. Culturally I feel it’s fair to say we don’t do them justice. Things end and we are taught to bury our emotion, move on, get over it. And […]

Filed Under: Music Tagged With: Twisted Mix Tape

Five Favorites: Twisted Mix Tape

Feb 18, 2014 By Elin Stebbins Waldal 2 Comments

It’s been way to long since I managed to put together a Twisted Mix-Tape for Jen Kehl’s, Twisted Mix-Tape Tuesday. Today I promised myself I would get it done before […]

Filed Under: Music Tagged With: NaBlogPoMo, Perspective, twisted mix-tape Tuesday

Attitude: Perspective Day 16

Feb 16, 2014 By Elin Stebbins Waldal 8 Comments

Noelle Pikus-Pace. Wow. Just wow. In the note she wrote to herself that read: “This is it. Don’t get scared now.” followed by a smiley face, Noelle Pikus-Pace set the […]

Filed Under: Healing from Trauma, Marriage, Memories Tagged With: Grief, Healing, Love, Noelle Pikus-Place, Olympics

Protecting Our Children

Feb 5, 2014 By Elin Stebbins Waldal 4 Comments

There are moments when I wish I could protect any one of my children–step in their shoes, take on their pain, fix their hurt–but I can’t. Not long ago my […]

Filed Under: On being a parent Tagged With: Mothering a teen, Perspective, Protecting our chidren, teenage girls

Birds on a Wire (Persepective: Day 4)

Feb 4, 2014 By Elin Stebbins Waldal 7 Comments

It is well known in our family that I am obsessed with birds on a wire. In fact it is not uncommon if when another family member Jimmy spots them […]

Filed Under: For the Love of Nature, Music Tagged With: Beauty, Birds on a Wire, Music, nature, Photography

Perspective: Day 3

Feb 3, 2014 By Elin Stebbins Waldal 1 Comment

On Saturday J and I made our way to the top of Double Peak Park, something we have been “meaning” to do for years. I have found that it is […]

Filed Under: For the Love of Nature Tagged With: NaBlogPoMo, nature, Perspective, Walking

Perspective: Day 1

Feb 1, 2014 By Elin Stebbins Waldal 5 Comments

It’s February and the theme for BlogHer’s National Blog Post Month where blogger’s post daily is Perspective. Although I swore off posting daily after completing the challenge of NaBloPoMo last […]

Filed Under: On being a parent Tagged With: BlogHer, NaBlogPoMo, Perspective

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