Monthly Archives: April 2012

Trusting That I Can, Day 6: A little bit at a time

Posted on April 30, 2012 by growingmygirls

Put the deep inner work aside. Sometimes, it’s the little things that turn the tide. Last year we ended up having a bunch of septic work done, which meant that our yard was dug up, with huge mounds of dirt … Continue reading →

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Trusting That I Can, Day 5: Reward and avoidance

Posted on April 29, 2012 by growingmygirls

A friend and I had a wonderful conversation the other night about achieving. About whether you are someone who sets a goal and then goes for it, or whether what really gets your moving is avoiding the consequences of not doing … Continue reading →

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Trusting That I Can, Day 4: The killer instinct vs. “please & thank you”

Posted on April 28, 2012 by growingmygirls

B’s class at school has been learning about the events in the ancient pentathlon as part of their Greek History block. The kids will be in a mock competition in a few weeks and the staff obligingly held a little … Continue reading →

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Trusting That I Can, Day 3: Suddenly, a family!

Posted on April 27, 2012 by growingmygirls

Yesterday’s spinach story reminded me about how I came have a family. I moved to Santa Fe with the intention of adopting as a single mother. Instead, I met my husband within a month of arriving, bought a rambling fixer-upper, … Continue reading →

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Trusting That I Can, Day 2: I eats me spinach

Posted on April 26, 2012 by growingmygirls

We’ve got a little vegetable garden in which I recently planted spinach seeds. Experience has shown that greens grow best in this little high-altitude garden. That and the fact that greens are incredibly easy, which is a boon for people … Continue reading →

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A 21-Day Salute: Trusting That I Can

Posted on April 25, 2012 by growingmygirls

I feel I’m in some type of murky transition these days, slogging through mental mud that weighs me down and confuses me. Mud is an apt spring metaphor (except that we are dry and dusty as a bone here in … Continue reading →

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Squeezing my self back into the picture

Posted on April 13, 2012 by growingmygirls

Last Sunday I had two things I had written in my calendar in pencil for myself. I often have things penciled in and usually, I don’t do them. I do family events, housework, or work first depending on which is … Continue reading →

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