“If people sat outside and looked at the stars each night, I’ll bet they’d live a lot differently. ” ― Bill Watterson [ Day 21 of 2000 ] For the past 20 days, I have been telling ordering myself to slow down. It doesn’t come naturally to me. Not yet, anyway. […]
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“I will honor Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year.” ― Charles Dickens [ Day 42 of 2000 ] Before I start, I want to wish you a very very happy Christmas! We have been enjoying Christmas in spite of not decorating our home, and […]
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“We always think there’s enough time to do things with other people. Time to say things to them. And then something happens and then we stand there holding on to words like ‘if’.” ― Fredrik Backman, A Man Called Ove [ Day 8 of 2000 ] As a kid, everyone […]
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The woods are lovely, dark and deep, But I have promises to keep, And miles to go before I sleep, And miles to go before I sleep. – Robert Frost, Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening [ Day 4 of 2000 ] On Day 1, we talked about how […]
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“It is the unknown we fear when we look upon death and darkness, nothing more.” ― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince “and may be even early retirement.” – BusyMom [ Day 1 of 2000 ] The hardest thing in deciding to retire early was determining how much […]
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