Being born slow and low to the ground is no guarantee of patience. The only way you get that is to work for it. Even worse, patience can be oh-so stealthy and elusive when it wants to be. Which can be really annoying until you remember your secret weapon. “Cuteness.” Even patience can’t resist aContinueContinue reading “Resting in Place with Malti: Practicing Patience”
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Cuteness for Comfort with Pearl: A Song In Your Heart
Waking up for another whole day is not for amateurs. You just never know who might be waiting – or how hungry they may be feeling. But there are places to go, things to do and ladybirds to meet. So “up” it is….scared or not, prepared or not. The first thing you want to doContinueContinue reading “Cuteness for Comfort with Pearl: A Song In Your Heart”
Cuteness for Comfort with Pearl: The Brave and the Fluffy
Even if you have downy soft fluffy feathers completely covering your body and can “cuteness stun” potential predators like nobody’s business, you still never know what a day may bring. So you have to bring both. The brave and the fluffy. This way, if you try “fluffy” and it doesn’t work, you still have “brave.”ContinueContinue reading “Cuteness for Comfort with Pearl: The Brave and the Fluffy”
Resting in Place with Malti: Letting the Love In
When you first pop out the top of your small round white escape pod, you get so much attention. So much love. Everyone “oohs” and “aahs” over how cute you are, how pint-sized and perfect. You get lots of lap time. Photo moments. The freshest and best of everything. Then you get bigger. And bigger.ContinueContinue reading “Resting in Place with Malti: Letting the Love In”
Cuteness for Comfort with Pearl: What Goes Down
Up is good. Up feels great. Everyone likes “up.” But then there is what comes next. Down. Down has fewer fans. Some outright foes. And more than a few frenemies. Yet “up” and “down” aren’t so different, in the sense that when you are down, well, you know what is coming next. That’s right. Up!ContinueContinue reading “Cuteness for Comfort with Pearl: What Goes Down”
Resting in Place with Malti: A Raspberry A Day
There are days when everything just flows. You keep to your set schedule. Those check-marks next to all those to-do list items keep piling up. You feel on top of it all. And then there are the other days. You know the ones. You want them to end but they can’t seem to get enoughContinueContinue reading “Resting in Place with Malti: A Raspberry A Day”
Cuteness for Comfort with Pearl: Be a Waffle Hero
Everyone needs a hero sometimes. But not everyone who needs a hero is equally good at letting others know. Some beings need extra encouragement to open up about the hard times. For instance, they might be the “strong and silent” type that struggles to ask for help. Or they might just not wear their emotionsContinueContinue reading “Cuteness for Comfort with Pearl: Be a Waffle Hero”
Cuteness for Comfort with Pearl: Be the Bread
Sometimes life hands you big challenges. And you can’t always count on others to appreciate what you are facing. From the outside looking in, your life might look easy peasy – so posh and pampered. But from the inside looking out, you know you have big responsibilities on your tiny feathery shoulders. For example, youContinueContinue reading “Cuteness for Comfort with Pearl: Be the Bread”
Resting in Place with Malti: Have a Berry Good Day
Not every day is going to deliver sunshine and smiles perfectly on command. Sometimes you just have to make your own. Here, it helps to have a list of your favorite things handy. Reason being, if you don’t know what makes you happy, it is harder to turn your frowns upside down. It is alsoContinueContinue reading “Resting in Place with Malti: Have a Berry Good Day”
Cuteness for Comfort with Pearl: the Master Rooster
Being the “alpha” flock member is a big job. Everybody thinks they want that job until they get it. Then they find out why you need so many restful naps (“beta” flock members are hard work!). Of course, an experienced “alpha” knows how to make the job easier. For starters, you want to stick togetherContinueContinue reading “Cuteness for Comfort with Pearl: the Master Rooster”
Love & Feathers & Shells 