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Take a Hike

Sep 4, 2014 By Elin Stebbins Waldal Leave a Comment

“I see nothing which I have seen before; A man is never lost, he has only been mislaid. Got to move on, got to travel, walk away my blues.” -Terry […]

Filed Under: Exercise, Travel Tagged With: #SDBLC, hiking, Perspective

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

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

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

Feb 2, 2014 By Elin Stebbins Waldal Leave a Comment

“Everything we hear is an opinion, not a fact. Everything we see is a perspective, not the truth.”–Marcus Aurelius  

Filed Under: Life Lessons Tagged With: Perspective

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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