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“If you want lasting change in life, you must fill your life with love.” —Rick Warren I am so lucky to have friends I love, who are always there for me, good times and bad (and always help me see the good in the bad). This week reminded me how much love I have in my life and for my life—I love my beautiful, thoughtful girlfriends, I love my family, my children, and my home. I love books, flowers, food, Prosecco, coffee, beautiful restaurants, musicals, and books, so many books. And this week I enjoyed all of it and thensome. #iloveit #grateful #shine #love #limitless #amreading #friendships #onyourfeet #broadway #orchidsrestaurant #boca #ownwhatyoulove #kids #family #goodlife
“We’re here to deliver our gifts.”—Jack Kornfield #amreading #bookstagram #books #quoteoftheday #findyourgifts #loveserveheal2019 #loveit #love #goodvibes #jackkornfield #showyourwork #youarefree #areyoudeliveringorholdingback #choosethegood #service #limitless2019
Best Birthday Surprise Ever! @brigid.curran.hackett pulled off a great surprise and came home 3 days early ❤️😘🍀!
Celebrating 43 with my favorite guys at my favorite Cincinnati restaurant. Missing Brig though. Our first bday apart in 19 years. #brewrivercreolekitchen #creole
“You might ask, if our love is not based on attachment, what holds us together? Care, commitment, and dedication. Commitment isn’t about loving another person only when he does what you want, meets “your” needs, or when she fulfills your ideas for life. You commit to love them as they are and dedicate yourself to their flowering. They will change and grow and explore and sometimes they will do what you want and sometimes they won’t. This is the paradox of love, that it does not grasp. Love is generous, spacious, and free to bless. We love best when we let go of expectations, just as we pray best when we don’t expect a certain outcome. As T.S. Elliot instructs, “Teach us to care, and not to care.” True love, given freely, blesses the one you love and frees you at the same time. This is the love of the open hearted, spontaneously offered, caring no matter what. Your commitment to love, and your dedication is to honor the hearts’s connection.” —#jackkornfield #parents #children #friends #marriage #ourneighbors #iloveit #love #loveisallweneed #spaciousness #detachment #lovingkindness #metta #maitri #amreading #bookstagram #peace #weareone #onelove #loveislove #goodstuff #amwriting #wisdom
Happy St Patrick’s Day! First 3 picks are reposts with permission from my daughter @brigid.curran.hackett who spent her first St. Patrick’s Day in Chicago and watched the river dyed green. My fav pic is this pooch all decked out. The last pic is my only (and lame) attempt to celebrate today. Greg and I are harnessing our luck of the Irish to do our taxes today. 😜🤢😬 🍀 And I have deadline tomorrow. #amwriting #stpatricksday #chicago #wearthegreen #luckoftheirish
Newest fav wardrobe piece: This faux suede and leather (totally vegan @brigid.curran.hackett) jacket from Anthro. I tried on like 10 blazers (which are all the rage again), in order to have a bit more polish when out and about. But every one made me look like a linebacker when open or nine months pregnant when buttoned—neither one was the look I was going for. Last ditch effort, I ran into Anthropologie and found this beauty, and better yet, got to use my bday discount. It’s comfy, fits perfectly and gives great coverage. It’s not a blazer, but I think it’s better. Also matches my hair 👵🏻! #iloveit #goodstuff #sharethelove #veganclothing #treatyourself
And this year’s #bigbook #classic is: #donquixote (the Edith Grossman translation with Intro by Harold Bloom). I read excerpts of it in Spanish in high school and college, and of course saw the classic movie/musical starring Peter O’Toole and Sophia Loren (and grew up listening to the Broadway musical record album), but I’m going to Dream the Impossible Dream and tackle this monster this year. #ilikebigbooksandicannotlie #bookstagram #classics #cervantes #limitlesshackett2019
Brought in a little spring and cheer to the house yesterday. #springisalmosthere #tulips #beautiful #flowers
Today reminds me of a children’s book the kids loved: The Napping House... where everyone is sleeping...

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