You’ve gotta dance like there’s nobody watching,
Love like you’ll never be hurt,
Sing like there’s nobody listening,
And live like it’s heaven on earth.
—William W. Purkey
You gotta do cartwheels at the water’s edge like you don’t know I have a camera,
like you’re unaware I’m gonna post it to my blog.
Have a good weekend, everybody.
Have fun like it’s your job.
It sometimes happens,
even in the best of families, that a baby is born.
This is not necessarily cause for alarm.
The important thing is to keep your wits about you
and borrow some money.-Elinor Goulding Smith
Today baby Eva goes home.
Her daddy is my baby brother.
I remember when he was born- it was the day I was to return to school after Christmas vacation. I got to take an extra day off.
I remember what it was like to hold him. So little. So delicate and breakable and new.
I remember the soft sounds.
It’s so funny, that these memories didn’t come flooding back when I had my own kids. But they were overwhelming when I held this baby, my brother’s baby, with his nose and his face and his hair.
Oh, Elaina, I’m sorry. I’m sure as the baby grows I will see more of you in her. But today I am transported back.
And look how giant my children are, holding her. Insane to think they were ever that small. And sweet. And quiet.
And that one day they will grow to have babies of their own.
Excuse me for a moment. There seems to be something in my eye.
Have a great weekend…….
Making the decision to have a child is momentous.
It is to decide forever
to have your heart go walking around outside your body.Elizabeth Stone
Elegance does not consist in putting on a new dress.
-Coco Chanel
I think that many of us think green and we think granola- crunchy- hippie, of going without, and it really doesn’t have to be that way. Going green can be a way to add something to your life- the vibrance of growing plants and vegetables, a connection with nature, or just the knowledge that your lifestyle is healthy for your family and the earth.
Sophie Uliano champions the green life while maintaining “the glitz, the glam and the gleaming house.” I’ve read her first book, Gorgeously Green: 8 Simple Steps to an Earth-Friendly Life
In any case, I do still want to dye my hair and wear makeup for the holidays, and I’m not really sure where to start researching my best options. I’d also like to hear where I can get organic cotton clothes that fit my sense of style and don’t cost a fortune.
Oh happy day, for I received an email this afternoon letting me know that as part of the launch of their new Wicked Fresh! Toothpaste and Mouthwash line, Tom’s of Maine is hosting a Wicked Fresh! live web chat Q&A with Sophie.
“Get an exclusive peek into Sophie’s wickedly cool, eco-friendly life, learn about the inspiration behind her New York Times bestselling “Gorgeously Green” book series, and get some tips on how to live fabulously without breaking the bank or hurting the planet.”
Fun! I love live web chats. It’s happening tonight, September 15th, from 8:00-9:00pm EST. You can watch here (hint, hint) presuming that I’ve loaded this widget correctly, or you can check it out at the Tom’s of Maine Facebook page on the Live Chat tab.
You can submit questions ahead of time or during.