The Kitchen Sink. A blog by Stephanie Wagner. Some years back, I was introduced to a wonderful poem by Robert Gilbert titled “Life is Always Unfinished Business”. I have a wrinkled copy of it tacked up to the bulletin board in my office still. The top is full of thumbtack holes from multiple moves, between homes, between jobs, between offices.…
The Kitchen Sink. A blog by Stephanie Wagner. MORE magazine this month has a featured shout-out to women who showed guts and bravery – they call it “The Fierce List”. I have always loved the word fierce. It speaks to me of a fiery intensity, of zeal, and of passion. I love the juxtaposition of the phrase “fierce grace” –…
The Kitchen Sink. A blog by Stephanie Wagner. If you give a mom a home office….. She will sit down at her desk in her pajamas at 6:00 to get a head start on the day. She will boot up her computer to respond to yesterday’s emails, when she realizes that she needs a cup of coffee. She will go…
The Kitchen Sink. A blog by Stephanie Wagner. I have been wondering lately if there was a lesson that I missed at some point in another lifetime, and I am being given multiple “opportunities” to learn it this time. Or perhaps, our trajectories are always just repeating patterns of changing events that reflect the same emotions over and over. Someone…
The Kitchen Sink A blog by Stephanie Wagner. I have been thinking a lot about the fine art of negotiating these days. The house that I wrote about a couple of weeks ago has miraculously reappeared in our lives again. However, as much as I would love to say it is all settled, it is still far from it. It…
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