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I don’t remember when it started, my love of gnomes. I don’t collect the large ones for your yard, no I have knitted ones, felted ones, furry ones, mini clay ones, and my latest bitty gnome with a knitted hat and gray braids. A mini me, except my hair is too short to make braids.
As a person addicted to routines, lists, guidelines and patterns I have always searched for that perfect pattern for my life. But alas, I’ve learned after many years of trial and error that there is no perfect pattern for a life.
Many successful people are able to manage expectations. They manage those of people around them so there is less negativity and more room for positivity. They manage their own, so they are prepared for the changes and challenges that life inevitably brings. Another Christmas has passed. Did it live up to your expectations?
It’s the time of year when most of us are running around like crazy trying to prepare for the festivities of Christmas. That is until we hear or read about, or worse yet experience, a catastrophic event of nature. It might involve tornados, floods, fires, even winter storms.
When we moved to our current house, we were the young family on the block, or I should say on the pipestem. Most of our close neighbors were older, sometimes more like our parents. I can imagine
After the long holiday weekend, I fear I will need to come down off my Hallmark Christmas movie high. I know the story lines after the first few minutes, sometimes from the titles, and yet I watch.
