How should we respond to someone who is pointing out our mistakes in a critical manner? You know the feeling….
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series on mistakes
Yay for Mistakes! Part 10 | Letting Go to Make Mistakes
We have one at home, the other launched in the world. One is asking what is for dinner. One is…
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Yay for Mistakes! Part 9 | Dealing With Really Big Mistakes
It was a sunny fall day. We had just left my mother’s home and were driving down the road with…
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Yay for Mistakes! Part 8 | Some Mistakes are Really Blessings in Disguise
Sometimes I make a small ruckus before my birthday, just to remind everyone it is coming up, and sometimes…
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Yay for Mistakes! Part 7 | Mistaking Paradise
Why do we search so hard for and dream about a mistake free day? The perfect day? 24 hours…
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Yay for Mistakes! Part 6 | Mistaking Our Worth
My red-haired friend from Grad school calls me. The one who is a writing sister and who encouraged me…
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Yay for Mistakes! Part 5 | Quieting a Myth of Mistakes
My son sat next to me, sadness radiating from him. “What’s wrong?’ I ask. “I hate it when people get…
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Yay for Mistakes! Part 4 | How to Let Our Children Make Mistakes and Fail
Kids need to make mistakes. And for us parents, this is hard. It was the first overnight birthday party…
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