Linda Marie Marten

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  • Red Shoes

    Red Shoes

    Tell us about your favorite pair of shoes, and where they’ve taken you. Red shoes have been my favorite, ever since I first watched Dorothy wear red shoes in the Wizard of Oz when I was only three years old. I can’t remember if Mom bought me red shoes when I was a child, but…

  • Patience with the process….

    Patience with the process….

    Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished. ~ Lao Tsu For most of my adult life I’ve been told to be “patient with the process.” What does that mean? I thought, as I hurried through my day as a busy mother, wife, career woman, & Girl Scout leader for my daughter’s troop. I wanted…

  • Shifting Gears ⚙️

    Shifting Gears ⚙️

    Hello – It’s been quite a while since I wrote something here. Some of you may remember me as a parenting coach & workshop leader. In 2019, a few years after my kids were grown & gone, and my mom died, and my divorce was done, I decided to shift gears in a new direction:…

  • Adventures in Sailing: A Metaphor for Life

    Originally posted on EVELYN KRIEGER: You need wind in your sail and the boat will move forward. When was the last time you took up an unfamiliar sport or hobby? As adults, we tend to stick with what we are good at. It’s fun to learn something new as long as we don’t have to…

  • How Do You Write About Grief?

    Originally posted on EVELYN KRIEGER: “Where you used to be, there is a hole in the world, which I find myself constantly walking around in the daytime, and falling in at night. I miss you like hell.” ~Edna St. Vincent Millay We all experience grief and loss. Some of us more than others. There is…

  • One Day At A Time?

    Originally posted on EVELYN KRIEGER: During the height of the Covid-19 pandemic, imagining the future seemed downright scary, if not impossible. The undeniable uncertainty of the virus, along with the chaotic state of our society, seemed to demand we move toward the One Day At At Time, philosophy. Planners and long-range thinkers surrendered. Those who…

  • There are answers ready to pop for you – follow your joyful excitement — Joy Passion Desire

    There are answers ready to pop for you – follow your joyful excitement — Joy Passion Desire

    There are answers ready to pop for you, when you relax and listen to your inner guidance. When your impulse comes from a place of joyful excitement, follow that calling. There are answers ready to pop for you – follow your joyful excitement — Joy Passion Desire

  • #Coronaversary. What have you learned one year later?

    Originally posted on EVELYN KRIEGER: When was your last “normal” day? What were you doing when the world turned upside down? For me that was Friday, March 13th 2020. Like toppling dominoes, one cancellation piled atop another. Our public school went remote. Our synagogue cancelled Sabbath services. Our town library closed. My gym and dance…

  • Raising a Teenager Today: What’s Vaping?

    “Vaping” (or electronic cigarettes) has become a big problem with Middle School and High School youth. They think it’s safe because it tastes sweet, but it’s not. There’s nicotine as well as other chemicals and particles in the vapor that can harm the lungs and the developing teen brain. http://www.cdc.gov I know communication with a…

  • Holiday Stress, Kids, and Money

    Holiday Stress, Kids, and Money Are the holidays “the most wonderful time of the year” or “the most stressful time of the year”? I have great memories of the holidays as a child.  I couldn’t wait for December to arrive.  However, I have met many people for whom the holidays hold terrible memories of Dad…