Christmas season is a lovely time of the year and it’s also a hard time. Just recently I wrote a post about showing the importance of telling others that we are thankful for them and that they matter. Who do you need to spend time with today? Please join me today at my friends…
Just about around Thanksgiving time every year Grandparents and my Husband ask me what I think the children want for Christmas. They don’t stop asking me until I send them a Christmas list. And they also want me to make a list for myself. They care to give what one wishes and that is so…
I would not be able to stay as connected with others if it were not for texting and emails. This makes me sad because it’s not as personal as a phone call, or real card in the mail, or a surprise drop by visit. Now that my kids are older it’s getting somewhat easier to…
I went into parenting thinking that I had all the answers. It only took a week with a newborn for me to realize that I did not know it all. When my kids were toddlers I went to bed most nights feeling overwhelmed. The preschool years got easier in some ways and more difficult in…
On my dining room wall hangs a plaque that contains three words: Live. Laugh. Love. To those who read the plaque when they visit my home, the verb trio might sound like a cozy cliché. But I see it as a three-word mission statement that helps me stay focused on what matters most…
There were heavy sighs followed by eye rolls. I didn’t think my request was that demanding, but apparently I had pushed too far. Again. “Please? If you just smile nicely and look like you love each other, this will be over fast, and I won’t ask for any more!” That promise worked just long…
Why talk about self-confidence in our kids? Why am I so focused on this right now? Why do I want to commit a whole series on this topic? Why do I want to look into this so much?… Time to fess up- because of one of my biggest fears….my deepest fears…is that my children will…
Memories. They often escape me in the hurry of everyday life. When one comes rushing in, I claw at it, desperate to save it until later, only to realize that “later” has a way of erasing my best intentions. As I watch my kids race through their childhood at speeds that shouldn’t be…
Connection with a real friend can save us from the stress that threatens to derail our lives. We need consistent connections to live healthy, fulfilled lives, and that one-hour coffee date with that bestie may need to be a longer pit stop than we think. The Runaway Train Back in December I was…
I’ve never been much for the forced romance of anniversaries and holidays. It’s not that I’m a romance Scrooge or anything, rather, it’s the expectations of grandeur on specific days that I resist. Call me crazy, but I expect a bit more wooing in the day to day. We all yearn for someone…
