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February 15, 2017

Why I Didn’t Create an Over-the-Top Valentine’s Day

Filed Under: Choice, Culture, Holidays, Parenting Tagged With: bucket lists, Children, expectations, future, obligation, priorities, purpose

Valentine’s Day yesterday was low key at my house. My husband cooked an amazing meal for me on Sunday. I gave him chocolate and each of my girls a little Valentine’s candy on the 14th.  Compared to the heart-themed-breakfast, love-notes-in-lunch-boxes fusses many of my fellow moms made, it doesn’t sound much like a bucket list…

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June 28, 2016

July 2016 Bucket List Life Dare: A Day of Freedom

Filed Under: Bucket List Life Dare, Choice, Time Tagged With: bucket lists, busy, expectations, free, goals, obligation, purpose

What would you do with a whole day free: nothing on the calendar and no obligations to fulfill? It’s worth thinking about because the concept of freedom alone can yield interesting bucket list goals. A whole 24 hours to yourself with the freedom from other’s expectations. A wide open day of freedom in the location…

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May 1, 2012

Sharing Mother’s Day – An Obligation or Celebration?

Filed Under: Choice, Culture, Relationships Tagged With: expectations, family, love, motherhood, obligation, tradition

For moms, Mother’s Day can be laden with expectation. We expect to be pampered and coddled – breakfast in bed, a trip to the spa, dinner at a fancy restaurant. But what we don’t expect is to be lost in all the craziness of family obligations. Yet for some women with family living nearby (or…

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February 6, 2012

Treasure and Valentine’s Day

Filed Under: Culture, Relationships Tagged With: love, obligation, treasure

The other day one of my daughters asked me what my husband and I would be doing for Valentine’s Day. I gave her a blank look. Frankly I hadn’t thought about it yet. And even more frankly, we haven’t ever really made a big deal out of celebrating Valentine’s Day. Which got me thinking about…

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