I'm taking a Think Kit lifeline in an attempt to say some things about something I don't talk about much but is a significant part of who I am. Question: What did you obsess over this year? I have been trying to make myself write this post for an hour and a half. I've been stalling. I watched an …
A Gift of Time
Alex had hinted that he was giving me something for Christmas that couldn't be quantified in dollars. I didn't realize how much so until I opened his gift this afternoon. I confess, I burst into tears, and kept saying, "Really? Is this real?" In a way, I receive gifts like this on an almost daily …
Gratefulness
Think Kit, Day 24. (Happy Christmas Eve!) What are you grateful for this year? Easy. Everything. Seriously, everything. I am grateful for (insert every good thing here). I am also grateful for (insert every challenging/unpleasant/unhappy thing here.) And the reason is, is because it's my life. Every thing that has happened has been an important …
Don’t Drift: A Mantra for 2014
Think Kit, Day 21. Write a mantra for the year ahead – how you'll approach it, what you wish it to be. I am alone in my house, and it is so quiet. I can hear the clock on my wall whirring away as it diligently keeps the wrong time. The power went out for about …
Secret Difference-Makers
Day 20. Home stretch? These posts are getting harder. Think Kit asketh: Who made a difference for you this year? Was it a close friend or a stranger? A specific moment in time or the entire year? *exhale* As much as it would be possible for me to write a really nice post about a …
Unintentional Bucket List
Day 19! Think Kit asks, If money, time or other commitments were no obstacle in 2014, what would you do? Describe your vision! What would I do?? What wouldn't I do! 1. Quit my job, obvi. Nothing personal, Job, but if money's no object, I'm out. Then I could stay home and write write write …
Random Conversation 2: I’ve Been Niced
Think Kit, Day 18. (My goodness, December is going quickly!)Prompt: Nice someone! Whether it's a gift, a helping hand, moral support, or just doing something for someone else – write about what you did.Let me just say this up front: I'm not going to be able to write about myself in this post. I believe that …
A Borrowed Moment of Significance
I'm about to cheat . . . but it's okay because I'm doing this to stay WITH you, Think Kit, not LEAVE you! Day 17: Share a moment that stands out. My most significant moment of this year wasn't really even mine--it was my 6-year-old son Oliver's. His first day of kindergarten. Oliver is our …
Hold Steady
My phone is always telling me how much time it is to a place I'm not. Example: I just arrived at work. My phone is now telling me it's 19 minutes (including a 1 minute delay) to home. But this is easy enough to ignore--thinking of leaving, thinking of being somewhere else because I KNOW …
A Tweet I Would Probably Never Tweet–Let Me Put It on My Blog
Think Kit, Day 15. Handwrite something. Here's a tweet!
Jackie Lutzke 