Kristine Bruneau

Snow Day

Who doesn’t want a Snow Day? Sure it messes up your grown up schedule, but I think it’s worth it to see the joy on my child’s face when I announce “It’s a Snow Day!” The spoon rests beneath James’s pillow; the ice cube long since flushed down the toilet – a Snow Day ritual and oft-discussed legend among …

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Celebrate your neurosis everyday

What’s your neurosis? Now that Halloween is over, you don’t have an excuse to obsess over candy, costumes, and creepiness, but you still have your neurosis. Neurosis, as defined by the dictionary, is a “relatively mild mental illness not caused by organic disease, involving symptoms of stress… ” You might know it as a behavior like: worrying about the amount of …

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Awake in this very moment

“Awakeness is found in our pleasure and our pain, our confusion and our wisdom. It’s available in each moment of our weird, unfathomable, ordinary everyday lives,” writes Pema Chodron in Comfortable with Uncertainty. I believe the perfect teacher is this very moment. Are you awake? What do you see? This is an experimental series of brief reflections …

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The Korean War legacy

From 1950 to 1953, the United States military fought to protect South Korea’s capitalistic democracy from communist North Korea’s invasion on the Korean peninsula, which was divided after World War II. More than 33,000 American soldiers lost their lives during the Korean War in the name of freedom, according to U.S. Department of Defense statistics. Joining the …

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Autumn Applause

The ash outside my window wears a joyful scarf of burgundy and gold. The change is a signal for me to give autumn applause and seek grace and serenity in life’s simple gifts. Thanks for reading. If you like this post, please feel free to share it with your friends or send me a comment. Don’t forget, …

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Season of enlightenment

What does enlightenment mean? To some enlightenment may mean to gain greater knowledge or understanding about a subject or situation. To others it may mean to have a spiritual awakening. To me enlightenment means that I’m intimate with a moment – acutely aware of what’s happening here and now. There are no words to accurately describe enlightenment. …

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Moms share back-to-school resolutions

Moms, have you made your back-to-school resolutions, yet? The realization that 71 days of summer vacation has ended brings a range of emotions in kids from excitement to anxiety. Back-to-school time also leaves moms trying to figure out how to cope with the challenges of getting their kids ready to return to school. I interviewed several Rochester-area moms …

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It’s good to be bored

“Mom, I’m bored,” said James, lying on the couch in the family room. I’d like to tell him to get up and go do something, like take the dog for a walk, kick the soccer ball, or call a friend. But I know that giving him a list of suggested activities won’t work. He needs to …

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