by Charity Singleton Craig | May 10, 2017 | Blog
Today, when I filled out my productivity sheet, in the section that begins “If I could live today over again, I’d …,” I wrote three things: waste more time, laugh more, and live more slowly.
by Guest User | Oct 23, 2014 | Blog, In Your Own Words
mun·dane – adjective \ˌmən-ˈdān, ˈmən-ˌ\ : dull and ordinary : relating to ordinary life on earth rather than to spiritual things __________ My toddler-son has a pretty limited vocabulary right now, but he knows one word for sure: more. It’s almost a guarantee...
by Charity Singleton Craig | Apr 15, 2013 | Archived Blog Posts
When I first read Ann Kroeker’s book, Not So Fast: Slow-Down Solutions for Frenzied Families, I was single. It seemed counterintuitive to read the book, given the subtitle. But I had just met Ann and our fast-forming friendship led me to believe there would be gems...
by Charity Singleton Craig | Dec 20, 2011 | Archived Blog Posts
Saturday morning I was hurrying around the house trying to get the laundry done and the bathrooms cleaned after having stayed in bed a couple of extra hours. I wasn’t feeling well, and I had had a very busy week. The extra hours of rest were needed. But the...
by Charity Singleton Craig | Jan 26, 2011 | Archived Blog Posts
How did we get here? Ann Kroeker asks in the third chapter of Not So Fast: Slow-Down Solutions for Frenzied Families. In other words, what led us to think that busy is better? I’ve asked myself that a lot over the years. There was one particular stretch when I...