by dmackinnon | Jun 27, 2012 | Healing Choices, Thought Work
This past month I decided to give up sugar. I have never been much of a sweets lover—until I had my son. Then I went on a KitKat kick. No other candy interested me, but I ate a few of those snack-sized KitKats every day. Then, one day, Peppermint Patties became my new...
by dmackinnon | Apr 14, 2012 | Healing Choices, Thought Work
A good friend, Jane, recently called me to vent about her husband. She’s married, has three beautiful children and a full-time teaching job. She said, “I was enjoying a yogurt after clearing the table, filling the dishwasher, and cleaning off the island, when Pete...
by dmackinnon | Jan 21, 2012 | Healing Choices, Thought Work
My husband, Tom, left the country and dry land for three weeks. I stayed home with our son. In some ways, life was harder, but in some ways, life was a lot easier. I noticed about a week after Tom left, that I felt good. Lighter. I had more “work” to do, and less time...
by dmackinnon | Aug 18, 2011 | Healing Choices, Limiting Beliefs
My husband uses entirely too much steak sauce. When we used to have steak (especially the way we used to cook it—shoe leather is way too nice a description), he would pour a lake of A-1 on his plate. Every time he did this I would watch, unconsciously holding my...
by dmackinnon | Aug 11, 2011 | Healing Choices, Process
A number of years ago, I was looking for a new project to do. I like to do things like knit and cross-stitch, but I wanted to try needlepoint. I looked online for a place close to me that specialized in needlepoint but didn’t find anything closer than the next state!...
