“Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence… Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent.” – Calvin Coolidge A few days ago I published a post about how my stubborn husband was like a rock in the stream. And I was the stream. But that led to the troubling possibility that I was even more …
Author Archives: Lee Brennan
Buttons Part II
We just returned from a visit with my sister. She has no children of her own, so with no risk of retaliation, she is free to spoil mine rotten. She thinks of all sorts of activities and games to play; the other day she put on the Limbo song and they put together a make …
Buttons
My son, age 6, is very creative and a problem solver. As a mother of four (that’s my excuse and I am sticking to it) I have the ability to tune out most noise and focus on whatever it is that I am focusing on. Like most children, he needs me most when I am …
Brain v Mouth
My thoughts are always in overdrive and the rest of my body muddles around somewhere between first gear and reverse. This is unfortunate, because I think I have a lot of very fine and useful thoughts, but they come and go before my body can communicate. Sometimes my mouth tries to catch up by skipping …
Stubborn and Stubborner
I saw this great quote which reminds me of my marriage: “In the confrontation between the stream and the rock, the stream always wins – not by strength, but by perseverance.” H. Jackson Brown. My husband is truly the most stuborn person I have ever met. He does not argue; rather the opposite. He just states …