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Some Pain is so Deep

This post contains affiliate links. “He who learns must suffer. And even in our sleep pain that cannot forget falls drop by drop upon the heart, and in our own despair, against our will, comes wisdom to us by the awful grace of God.” ~ Aeschylus “Bad things do happen; how I respond to themContinue reading “Some Pain is so Deep”

Finding Your Glow!

This post contains affiliate links. Owner of Firefly Scout, the guidebook for helping moms grow their glow and find magic in the everyday. I provide practical tips and insights for women to apply to their everyday life, to give them the unconscious permission they think they need to fill themselves up and live a lifeContinue reading “Finding Your Glow!”

My Least Favorite Month

This post contains affiliate links. The new year is supposed to be full of promise and hope. A fresh start. A time to reset and improve one’s life. But some years, like this one, it feels like my life has come to a screeching halt. I got Covid for the first time. I’m grateful thatContinue reading “My Least Favorite Month”

Sometimes Life Give Us Painful Joy

This post contains affiliate links. Painful Joy, published in April 2022 and available on Amazon, represents five years of intensive research in the U.S., Poland, Sweden, Israel and Germany, by author Max Friedman, as he seeks to unearth and understand the real life stories of his parents, Sam and Frieda, two poor Polish Jews. InContinue reading “Sometimes Life Give Us Painful Joy”

Let It Be!

This post contains affiliate links. “Speaking words of wisdom, let it be.” ~ Paul McCartney/John Lennon “Some of us think holding on makes us strong; but sometimes it is letting go.” ~ Hermann Hesse “What is the greater risk? Letting go of what people think – or letting go of how I feel, what IContinue reading “Let It Be!”