The Last Thing he Told Me by Laura Dave
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 Year of Yes – 145
In the middle of two simultaneous meetings this morning, I decided it was wise to pick up a phone call from my mom. My mom who was calling to celebrate our wedding anniversary which we had completely forgotten about. Within ten minutes, we had canceled my husband’s plans to go climbing with friends and booked a table at our favorite restaurant. Which meant that for the first time in over a year, we got all dressed up and went out to a fancy restaurant and had a delicious dinner and wonderful conversation. 19 years of marriage. 26 years of being together and this man is still my sunshine. He sees me and loves me and is my best friend. We have spent more than half our lives together. I am so grateful for the gift of getting to do life with him. Thank you for reminding us, mom, we had a magical night thanks to you. Yes to celebrating! #yearofyes #karenikayearofyes  Girls with Bright Futures by Tracy Dobmeier and Wendy Katzman
Year of Yes – 144
I was thinking today that after the year and a half we had, I am not actually ready to go back to “normal” life even as more activities are becoming possible. I feel like when covid hit last year and all our lives changed, I went into “buckle down and get through it” mode. I did what needed to be done and made it through each day the best I could. That didn’t come for free. I’ve been accumulating stress and grief and loss and exhaustion for 15 months now. And while I’m very very grateful to be able to possibly go back to normal again, I am so not ready for anything. I am not ready to commute, to take the kids to the bus, to navigate school meetings in person. I am not ready to act like all this was nothing. I am not ready to move to the next phase. I need some serious down time. Some time where I am not worried about navigating covid life and still not just yet at the next phase. Not sure how this will happen but I am feeling the need pretty acutely today. I have to figure out how I can get some of the rest and recovery I so desperately need. This is not something a long weekend will cure. Yes to acknowledging what is. Yes to moving through it and figuring it out. PS: I also know that I am very lucky to even be thinking about life after covid when many others don’t have that luxury. #yearofyes #karenikayearofyes 
3.5 stars I thought I wasn’t going to like this book. I live a few blocks from Stanford and too many of the parents in this book are slightly over the top versions of parents around me. It was a bit close to home but I still enjoyed my time with it and really liked some of the subplots.
3.5 stars. Read this one in one sitting. It was fun, uplifting, engaging and a joy to read. I will likely forget most of it but it doesn’t matter, it gave me joy while I read it and that’s really all I seek from books like this. Recommended.
I loved this book. It was a super-fast read for me and I really really liked the main character. It’s sort of a mystery and sort of about parenthood, family, choices we make and the consequences we have to live with and what sacrifices we’re willing to make. I really liked it.
Ok so this was neither like Daisy Jones nor like Almost Famous. I feel like blurbs like this just do a disservice to the book since it sets the readers mentality into a particular expectation. Why would you do that when it will annoy the reader and then get your book lower ratings? If you put those expectations aside, this was an interesting book. It’s about a 14 year old girl who takes a babysitting job with a family in her neighborhood. This family is very different than hers and opens her eyes and mind in a lot of ways. I think there are several scenes that border on neglect and abuse and I had to suspend disbelief quite a bit, but I still found the story interesting and engaging.
This was a perfectly acceptable fast-paced mystery with a slight twist which wasn’t a huge shocker (to me) but still interesting, especially exploring the multiple-personality disorder. It also covers topics around adoption, family dynamics, motherhood, etc. 
 Year of Yes – 143
It’s birthday season over here. Today is my nephews’ 22nd birthday. Yet another reminder of the passage of time and how lucky I am to get to see them grow into loving, kind and capable human beings. What a joy! Sunday nights are usually not my favorite. But lately I am finding myself grounded and calm. This is likely the best gift the universe can give me. Even though my 100 days of radical wellness has been over for a while, I’m still eating the greens and protein. I am drinking more water. I am exercising and doing art and journaling. And the restorative yoga continues to change my life. I expect the next few months will bring a lot of change and uncertainty. Work, school, and reentry into life are all going to be transitions and I am usually not a fan of transition. I plan to hang on to all this wellness I am grounded in and say yes to receiving it all with grace and an adventurous spirit. Yes to what comes and yes to adventure. And yes to the guidance of calm. #yearofyes #karenikayearofyes |
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