It's a little dark but Kim Pinder-Gardner is sounding fabulous as always and it's the first time I performed one of my poems without reading from the paper so I am so proud! It was truly a magical night for me and I can't wait to do it again. This was performed at the R... Continue Reading →
Here we go. Time for Parent/Teacher conferences, and once again I anticipate hearing the dreaded and extremely over-used words "we need to work more on focusing, and transitioning." Ugh!!
As an independent mom, I found myself the past few years relying on the fast food restaurants way too much. It was so easy as we rushed from one after school activity to another to just drive through somebody's window, order, and shovel it in, in the car on the way to the next place. My kids loved it, and I'm not sure if they were more addicted to the food or the toys. I had a lot less dishes to wash, and could spend more time with the kids, so it seemed like a win-win situation.
I am so tired of living among a passion-less people So exhausted, so full of excuses of why they don't have time to or don't have the energy to Can't fit the struggle into their schedule of Pilates classes, after work affairs and the nine to five Complaining about the lack of, the need for and their people being so poor... Continue Reading →
My blog's year in review as summarized by WordPress. Thank you for visiting and supporting Toni's Room. Look forward to more posts more often in 2013. Wishing you a joyful and prosperous new year!
I know there's been so much that's already been said about the senseless killings of the Sandy Hook Elementary School children and staff, and so many early judgements about the killer, his family and why it happened. But I feel like I need to share the fear that came up for me and maybe for... Continue Reading →
I don't know why I thought of my grandmother MaryBelle this morning, but her face popped up in my head when I awakened to start my day.
Sitting in the warm Fall sun, watching my five year old on the trampoline, I felt as though I were looking at my inner child. My children have had so many experiences in their childhood that I never had, and I just realized today how healing it has been for me to participate in their... Continue Reading →
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