day26: find the 'adventure' ...

Now that all the newness of the school year is settling down and routines are being formed, it is easy to start being more critical.  Sometimes something you thought would be exciting, like a class, turns out to be not what you wanted and the add/drop period is long gone.  But instead of sitting and stewing, reframe your expectations and find something that you can glean from the class.  It may not be what you intended but every experience is a learning experience.

I believe that as a culture/society/race?!?! we tend to focus on the negative.  Maybe it is a bounding behavior, commiserating on the bad experience, 'that was a waste of time', 'can you believe all the boring homework', 'that was the worst lecture', blah, blah blah.  

However, I find focusing on the negative is a waste of time and energy, so instead of brooding find something that you can take away from the situation, something that will capture your curiosity.  

Believe it or not, being in school is a blessing make the most of it.

love, mom

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As the craziness of September approaches, may this dress help us NOT get overwhelmed!!!

(*today's post especially goes out to us moms 

who are delivering our babies to college this week, 

launching them into their next big adventure!!! XXX)

'the trumpeter's dress ...'  (22aug16; 8:06AM; 66F; Natick, MA)

The secret of getting ahead is getting started. The secret of getting started is breaking you complex overwhelming tasks into small manageable tasks, and then starting on the first one.” ~ Mark Twain

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May this dress bring of oodles of love on your exciting adventure!!!!

“You're off to Great Places!

Today is your day!

Your mountain is waiting,

So... get on your way!” 

Dr. Seuss, 

Oh, The Places You'll Go!

This weekend my baby, Harriet, flew out of the nest to go to a creative writing sleep-away camp.  This is such an amazing adventure and I am so proud of her!!! She loves to write and this is a very acclaimed writing program.  In 2013 she and another writing friend started a blog where you can read some of her work.  Click here to go to the entire blog and below is a piece by Harriet!!! Have fun my sweet!! xx

DJ in Space

Stars, a grand expanse of stars for as far as the eye can see. I stood; amazed at the long mass of light that I was standing on. I was on the Milky Way. With every step the ground vibrated beneath the soles of my boots. I crouched down and scooped up a handful of glittering sunlight. As I held it in the palm of my hand a pleasantly warm feeling seeped through my glove and tickled my hand. I clutched the light tight and slipped it away deep in my pocket. As I began to walk I started to sink a little, I gave the sensation of walking on a sun kissed beach in the warm sand. I softly started humming a tune. The song I was singing helped me notice, I was the only person for a million miles. I could sing and dance however I wanted. I ran to my ship, upsetting sun sand as I went. Out of my small rocket I hauled out my record player. I plugged it in to a small outlet in my ship and music started to blare out of the speakers. I slipped off my boots and I was off. I kicked up sun sand as I flipped and spun around to the beat. Soon a small dent had formed around me and the sun sand shimmered forming a bubble around me it lifted me up above the stars, then down around the stars to float in open space. I panicked, but then I relaxed the shimmer calmed me and slowly lulled me to sleep.


When I awoke I was surprisingly on the ground in my New York apartment. I got up, was it all a dream? It must have been I trudged to my bathroom to wash my face. I stuffed my damp hands into my pockets, and when I took them out my hand was coated in a bright, shimmering dust.

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“What is that feeling 

when you're driving away from people 

and they recede on the plain 

till you see their specks dispersing?

- it's the too-huge world vaulting us, 

and it's good-bye. 

But we lean forward 

to the next crazy venture 

beneath the skies.” 

― Jack Kerouac, On the Road

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