Posts by Dara Kurtz
Don’t Make Excuses
When it comes to getting things done, especially something we don’t really want to do, it’s easy to make excuses and find a way out of it. Recently, I was shopping at Costco with my youngest daughter. She asked if I would buy her a Gingerbread House kit. It was a kit that comes complete…
Read MoreOur Daughters Are Enough
I want to make sure my daughters know they are good enough, just the way they are. I saw a teenage girl recently depriving herself of food, worried about how she looks and embarrassed to speak up and share her opinion to a group of other teens. This interaction caused me think about my own…
Read MoreYou Should Live Like You Are Dying
The other day I was on my way to a meeting, listening to the radio and thinking about what I wanted to say during the conference. Then a song came on the radio that caused me to contemplate a few things. The artist sang out the following words, “Make sure you live like you’re dying.”…
Read MoreBreast Cancer Awareness Month – What I Went Through.
The month of October is Breast Cancer Awareness month. Because of this, it’s hard to not think about everything I went through, what my kids and family faced and how the experience impacted all of us. It’s been approximately 2.5 years since I heard the words “you have breast cancer.” It was an unwelcome guest…
Read MoreStop Criticizing
Do the people around you feel like you’re constantly criticizing them? How often do you hear someone say, “stop picking on me,” or “you always tell me I’m doing something wrong?” You might not even realize you’re making perverse statements to the people you love. It doesn’t matter if your comments are made with good…
Read MoreOrder A Damn Pizza And Eat Dinner With Your Family
It’s important to take the time to eat dinner with your family. We’re all busy. I know. I get it. At the end of the day, if you’re like me, the last thing you want to think about is what to make for your family for dinner. I find dinnertime to be an especially challenging…
Read MoreLife Is Unpredictable
It’s strange how life works. One day things are going “business as usual,” and then the next, something can happened out of the blue that causes everything to change. Life is unpredictable. It usually happens when we least expect it. We’ve all experienced this before. When it’s a good circumstance, we say “it was just…
Read MoreYou Do Not Quit
Life ebbs and flows. There are good moments and hard moments. Happy times and sad times. Difficult days and easy days. We do our best. Sometimes we fail and life doesn’t go the way we want it go, but we do not give up. We do not quit. We keep on moving forward, trying again,…
Read MoreLife Can Be Unfair
My family was dealt an unfair hand, almost seventeen years ago, when my Mom passed away. Life can be unfair. Today would have been her sixty-ninth birthday. Sixty-ninth. It’s hard for me to imagine what she would have looked like. I think she would have allowed herself to grow old gracefully. I know she would…
Read MoreGot A Question? I’ll Try To Answer It
I love hearing from you and I always try to personally respond to your questions. I’m thrilled to provide a question and answer segment on Crazy Perfect Life. Once a month, I answer a few of the questions I’ve received. Your name will never be used but this way other people can benefit from hearing…
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