As mothers, we have such high hopes for a new year.  A great finish to the school year, happiness, health and a feeling of accomplishment for our kids.  2008 has been such a mess on so many levels that it doesn’t seem as if it would take much to hit it out of the park [...]

Boy, that’s a dangerous thing to do! I’m so much better at managing self-comparisons that I used to be.
Because I’ve always aspired to do ‘more’ (whatever that ‘more’ was at the time), I’ve also been victim to making comparisons. Comparisons lead to jealousy. Jealousy leads to envy. Envy leads to unproductive ugliness. [...]