I tend to critique myself at the end of the day. I’m pretty hard on myself. This is exhausting. It’s easy for me to get caught up in my failures. I worry that I have nothing to offer. I compare myself to musicians, painters, and writers. I want to be like them. But I’m not.…
Last summer my husband introduced our six year old and four year old to skate parks. I thought he was out of his mind. Really? My son just learned to ride his scooter a little bit and my daughter pushed hers around while walking next to it. He got them skate boards that they barely…
My four year old daughter Kaylee touches my heart and my feet dance every time. Both of our kids take turns falling asleep in my bedroom. When my husband and I get ready to go to sleep we quietly pick up our sleeping beauties and tuck them into their own beds. They insist on wearing…
Did you know that everyone has an invisible bucket over their head? Either our buckets are full, half way full, or empty. We are happy when it’s full and sad when it’s empty. My kids learned this today. “Mommy how do we keep our buckets full?’’ Every day we start out with a full bucket.…
My mind was racing with a million things that I need to do. I started to toss and turn way before my usual wake up time. My to-do-list is overwhelming and to top it off a flood in my basement from last night has added more stress. My basement was a mess and now…
Last year my Husband started the kids in 4-H. I didn’t understand why he would do that. I thought 4-H was for farm kids. We don’t live on a farm. I also thought that 4-H was a place for kids to show their horses, cattle, pigs, and chickens. Neither James nor I ever owned such…
My six year old boy asked me today, “Mommy will you sit down next to me while I finish my lunch?” I almost said no. The last thing I wanted to do was sit down. I had a to-do-list to get done. But, I said yes anyway. How could I resist such a sweet invitation from…
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