“A Cleverly Named Blog” with Aubrey

“I love deadlines. I love the whooshing noise they make as they go by.” ― Douglas Adams “We write to taste life twice, in the moment and in retrospect.” ― Anais Nin My scheduled process of writing goes as follows. -Wake up.-Bye kids.-Bye wife.-Alone time mode. -Take meds. (Thanks genetics) -Get ready (somedays its make … More The Process

“Give it everything you’ve got. I’ve told you many times, ‘Can’t do is like Don’t Care.’ Neither of them have a home.”― Maya Angelou “Know your capacity before you help others, and as you help others out there, do not forget to ask for help where you need it as well.”― Gift Gugu Mona I … More Capacity

“I meant it when I said I didn’t believe in love at first sight. It takes time to really, truly fall for someone. Yet I believe in a moment. A moment when you glimpse the truth within someone, and they glimpse the truth within you. In that moment, you don’t belong to yourself any longer, … More ❤️🧡💛39💚💙💜

“No book is really worth reading at the age of ten which is not equally – and often far more – worth reading at the age of fifty and beyond.” ― C.S. Lewis Opening Thought Tonight, our 10 year old son didn’t want to sleep because he “wanted to keep reading.” I would NOT have … More On Reading

“Friendships between women, as any woman will tell you, are built of a thousand small kindnesses… swapped back and forth and over again.” ― Michelle Obama Something Michelle Obama and I have in common (I never thought I’d write that sentence) is how we both seem to believe that our friendships are a KEY ingredient … More “The artist, the writer and the songbird.”

“I am only one, but I am one. I cannot do everything, but I can do something. And because I cannot do everything, I will not refuse to do the something that I can do.” ― Edward Everett Hale Once a therapist (I’ve had many) said: “Having _______ is like starting your day with only … More Cups

“There is a vitality, a life force, an energy, a quickening that is translated through you into action, and because there is only one of you in all of time, this expression is unique. And if you block it, it will never exist through any other medium and it will be lost. The world will … More “Really” Dance

“I must always be writing about something, Or else I’ll go mad.” -Elizabeth Gilbert “I don’t know what I think, until I write about it.” -Joan Didion “What they said. 👆” -Me 😉 Restart. Realize. Reverberate. Remember. Reignite. Rewrite. Repair. Reorganize. Redefine. Redeem. Respect. Reclaim. Replenish. Re_____ Re_____ Re______. I first learned what a prefix … More “Again”

“After all, the best part of a holiday is perhaps not so much to be resting yourself, as to see all the other fellows busy working.” ― Kenneth Grahame I’ll write… BUT FIRST -I’ll raise these kids-I’ll go to that appointment -I’ll move cross country -I’ll figure out “adult homework” *taxes, insurance, bills, etc.*-I’ll clean … More But first…