Making It Mine

There has been a new rhythm this week in our home. The teens are both out of town on exciting adventures and that means I own a new hat this week. “Mother of all dogs.”  Dogs…we’re over run with them at the moment in our urban setting.  The three fluffs in the house are normal…

I love a scene from Pride & Prejudice where Elizabeth is invited to take a walk around a room she was sitting in to “gain a new perspective.”  She didn’t sail the seven seas, she didn’t even leave the room she was in, but as they walked around the space, a new mindset was gained….

When I was a little girl I had a mother who regularly dressed us both up and we drove in the big car to a town an hour away.  The time period was the sixties which meant that “dressing up” meant heels, a dress, and fabulous beehive hair.  For a little girl it meant a…