AIMLESS   -   Amy’s meandering thoughts about life, love and balance

I woke up early today, turned on the local news and challenged my not-fully-awake mind with the task of listening to the news while also reading the news running across the bottom of the screen.  This ticker-type news is relatively new.  I suppose the main news channels had to implement it to keep up with the […]

I woke up this morning to The Today’s Show teaser-before-commercial: “Children of divorce are more likely to attempt suicide.”  That’s catchy.  Scary.  Disturbing.  I couldn’t wait for the commercial break to end.  There was Matt Lauer, apparently full of concern as he asked experts about a recent study that suggests that boys whose parents are […]

Recently, a controversy over the use of the N-word in “Huckleberry Finn” received a lot of press and water-cooler talk.  This classic book, whose pages have been read and treasured by readers since 1885, has been the subject of much controversy ever since Mark Twain delivered it to our bedsides.  But, now, as a scholar […]

It’s that time of year.  The end of the year.  The period in which the word “resolution” pops up all around us.  It is a reminder.  It is a time to set goals.  It is an awakening.  Often, it takes a date on the calendar, such as this, to give us the strength and motivation […]

From upstairs in my bedroom, I hear Ben (my 11-year-old son) having a conversation with someone in the basement.  He is speaking loudly because the person with whom he is speaking is five miles away in his own basement and they are talking to each other through their Xbox Live game.  It’s pretty cool.  They […]

Okay, Mom, I’m blaming you directly for this sleepless night! Before I went to bed, you told me how a couple of your supportive friends noticed that I haven’t written for a while.  It’s true, I have not. I think part of the reason is because for the first time in a long time, I’ve […]

After many months away from a yoga studio, I went back this morning for a class.  I would not have gone had my friend not called me to join her.  And, now, after a balancing, rejuvenating 75 minutes of practice, I am wondering why I stayed away for so long.  I had been practicing regularly […]

Wednesdays are my busiest afternoons. With carpools and Hebrew and soccer practice and homework (and some quick dinner that I throw on the table, which reminds me that I need to be more competent and prepared with feeding my little ones), I often just run and do and drive and work until they’re all down […]

Eyes closed, fantasy unfolds There in the dark, accelerating heart It’s an art Not to reveal, what is real Whizzing by, on the fly Grab it quick (just try), impossible to deny What you feel, image so surreal Yet real Love to feel, oozing confusion All a delusion Fantasy fusing, reality amusing (Humor lies in […]

September 28, 2010 I often talk about our paths and the journey as so many of us try to find our way.  We try to head in the right direction, towards that most genuine place where true happiness awaits.  Peacefulness.  Comfort.  Joy.  It is there.  It must be there.  Just keep moving. And, I’m doing […]