Read Elizabeth Gilbert’s book on creativity. Re-read every few years!


17



If you don’t have the words, borrow them. Send a song or a poem. As long as the sentiment is yours, the vowels and consonants don’t need to be.


13, 16. 21



There will be some losses or changes that completely shake you to the core. But remember that some bad experiences are like pooping your pants - Totally horrible but also kind of a relief.


19



It’s hard to want something and not have it. Kids have to learn how to sit with that.


3-17



Summers in Ireland and UK Drama camps? I could work from there while he did his thing.


12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17



Ask “What are you going to teach ME?” Let him work on something to teach.


11



Screw “achievement.” Do things you enjoy, share experiences that expand your capacity for joy and compassion. It doesn’t matter if you’re any good, it just matters that you’re in your groove.


16, 21



Life doesn’t have to turn out like you imagined it would in order to be AMAZING.


19



Affection is to be shared, never taken.


14



Start playing Jokers and Marbles. Get it on Amazon or Etsy.


9



Healing happens when you give up the hope that the past could have been any different. xoxo


20



Book “8 Candles and a Tree” about celebrating interfaith holidays.


7



“You rarely have time for everything you want in this life, so you need to make choices. And hopefully your choices can come from a deep sense of who you are.” -Mr. Rogers


15



Don’t ask for anything until you’ve done what has been asked of you.


5



Human creativity is nature manifest in us.


15, 21



Being well-read is better (and cheaper) than an advanced degree, especially for broader education. Stay curious and read!! Fiction, non-fiction, biographies ...


15, 18, 21



Read J.R.R. Tolkien's The Hobbit together


11



Go to Planet Word and do the Lexicon Lane puzzle experience.


12



Take out your aggression on inanimate things, never on people or animals.


9



My biggest regret is wasting my energy on people who didn’t think much of me. You can’t make someone love you. It’s a mystery what brings people together. You didn’t do anything wrong, you just need to let go and spend your light on people who bask in it.


17



Pool safety- never touch equipment and always have a grownup present when swimming.


3-8



Rain, snow or sleet...Always return the shopping cart to the proper spot in the parking lot.


17



“Never be sorry for not knowing


17, 21



Be protective, never be possessive. watch out for your friends’ well-being, their good names, that’s what friends do. But friends don’t try to manipulate someone’s feelings, thoughts or actions.Same goes for romantic relationships.


10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 18, 21



Let’s find an activity where you can work with your hands


11



Do something that feeds your soul every day. Experience or create joy, even if just a small spark of it.


17



Water park for fifth birthday


10



Hold fast to what is good. (1 Thessalonians 5:21)


10, 15, 21



Compete for the last meatball at Sunday dinner: Biggest burp, telling the best story, finished vegetables first, etc.


5