If you do it once, they will expect it every time. What annoys you: toys all over the floor, stepping on Legos, puzzles and game pieces thrown around. What you do about it: complain about it to anyone who will listen, clean up after them every night before you go to bed. What your kids […]
Is losing weight the goal?
Everyone everywhere is on some form of diet with the goal of losing weight. Most of these diets are promoted by men and women with 6 pack abs promising a bikini body in 8 weeks. The American Dream, all the results with none of the work. I think everyone likes the idea of losing weight, […]
Teaching my kids to celebrate
“I want a life that sizzles and pops and makes me laugh out loud. And I don’t want to get to the end, or to tomorrow, even, and realize that my life is a collection of meetings and pop cans and errands and receipts and dirty dishes. I want to eat cold tangerines and sing […]
Stay calm in chaos
“To bear trials with a calm mind robs misfortune of its strength and burden.” ~ Seneca 2020 has handed us a lot of decisions over the last 9 months and none of them have been easy. Every aspect of our “normal” has been shaken up and we are left to all deal with it in […]
Our right to vote.
In recent history, women didn’t have the right to vote. I type those words and it still makes me uneasy. It blows my mind that some women take it for granted. I’m embarrassed and shocked that it took me until I was in my 30s to comprehend the weight of those words. I might not […]
Blogging and Self-Censoring
I love to write. I love sitting down at the computer and letting all my thoughts pour onto the page. I love the emails and messages from readers who let me know they are going through the same thing or share similar feelings. I love the discussions that come with everyone having different opinions and […]