by Lucille Freeman | Oct 30, 2024 | Life lessons, Parenting, Uncategorized
Create and keep a fun notebook along with a kit of whatnots (a hodgepodge of materials) for when school is canceled or parents and children are stuck at home. Add activities, play-doh, colored pencils, etc. to the kit as you stumble across them daily. Then...
by Lucille Freeman | Aug 23, 2024 | Blog, Books, Children, Uncategorized
“Creativity takes courage.”- Henri Matisse “Dance is for everybody. It’s a way to express yourself, to tell a story.”- Alvin Ailey “You can’t use up creativity. The more you use, the more you have.”- Maya Angelou 5-year-old Sage participating in an American...
by Lucille Freeman | Jul 24, 2024 | Blog, Books, Uncategorized
If I had to live my life over again, I’d dare to make more mistakes next time. I’d relax. I would limber up. I would be sillier than I have been this trip. I would take fewer things seriously. I would take more chances. I would take more trips. I would...
by Lucille Freeman | Sep 1, 2019 | Blog, Uncategorized
I remember watching the movie Australia. One thing that stood out was that when someone died you were forbidden to say their name. Two months ago, my sister died, and I’ve had to consider that life isn’t permanent. I’ve learned the ways in which people grieve. I am a...
by Lucille Freeman | Aug 1, 2019 | Blog, Uncategorized
By Lucille U. Freeman When I heard Anthony Brown and Group Therapy’s song Worth, I was sitting at my 57 year-old sister’s funeral, who had lost her battle to breast cancer. The grief inside me turned into muffled sobs, as I listened to the music and the...
by Lucille Freeman | Jul 1, 2019 | Blog, Uncategorized
By Lucille U. Freeman Footprints in the sand…why were there only one set of footprints in some of the roughest times of my life. That’s when I carried you. When my Mom died, when my sister died… I needed to be carried. I’m sure there were only one set of footprints. I...
