Every year when we go pick out a Christmas Tree, we walk up to the Scouts or the farm stand of cut trees. In what has become typical McFadden fashion, we visually look at the trees, without touching. Then we look at one more closely, hold it upright, looks good. Ok that’s the one. Buy … Continue reading Puppies and Christmas Trees
Month: July 2022
Mildly Inconvenient
Mildly Inconvenient: I love that saying for a couple of reasons: it seems like such a cheerful way to say ‘annoying’ and so it is already helping to make me less annoyed, and it is a reminder to keep things in perspective. How annoying is it? It’s probably much less of a deal than we … Continue reading Mildly Inconvenient
Loved First
Of all the places that I find inspiration or topics of interest to write about, I saw this Reel on Instagram… ‘There was a dog that I loved first.’ And it goes on from there to talk about that dog that you loved, whose life went by too fast. Who made you realize how much … Continue reading Loved First
Ten Thousand
Remember when I told you that a friend of mine has a daughter who mastered her skill of drawing ponies over the course of two years? As things in life seem to line up and align with things that are meant to find you, I happened to be reading further in my Robin Sharma book … Continue reading Ten Thousand