Thursday, July 13, 2006

A Dose of My Own Medicine

Mark your calendars and alert the media! Today, I am actually going to, without delay and excuses, do what I tell everyone else to do. My recent July newsletter (see www.darlaarni.com if you don't subscribe), mentioned making the summer count and not letting it slip away. That would include relaxing and enjoying some of it, which I'm not good at. I know it is right, I help other people learn how to do it, but my recovering perfectionist nature fights it every step of the way.

But today, as soon as my daughter drags her body out of bed, we are going to enjoy the day sketching, eating, walking, talking, meandering. Because it is the right thing to do, because it is on our summer To Do List, and because soon she won't even want to be seen with me in public, let alone talk to me.

Seizing the day,
Darla

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