My Valentine’s Day Breakdown
In honor of Valentine’s Day, I’m posting my embarrassing story of my Valentine’s Day breakdown again. I hope you all have a day filled with laughter and love! My Valentine’s…
The story about my son and the light bulbs
I grab my purse off the counter and hurry toward the door. “Wait,” my ten-year-old says, coming down the stairs, a flashlight in his hands. I’ve gotta show you something.”…
The value of doing nothing…
Don’t underestimate the value of Doing Nothing, of just going along, listening to all the things you can’t hear, and not bothering. ~Pooh’s Little Instruction Book, inspired by A.A. Milne…
Six Ways to Help Your Kids Pursue Their Dreams
I’m so excited to be featured over at Mamapedia Voices again today! It’s a great site, with tons of resources for parents! Six Ways to Help Your Kids Pursue Their…
Beautiful you, beautiful daughter
I wake up in the morning with excitement, and a pit in my stomach. You’re going away to camp for the weekend–the whole weekend–for the first time. I know you’re almost thirteen…
How one woman’s comment made a difference for me…
*Post previously published. Not long ago, frustrated by my picky eaters, I came up with a plan to help them try new foods: Every week, they’re responsible for going through our recipe books, picking…
My first video (and how this conference changed my life)
I did my first video taping a couple weeks ago and it was such an honor to be able to record some of my story for Courage to Be You’s upcoming Courage Conference…
Braiding her hair…
I’m so excited to be featured over at Mamapedia Voices today! It’s a great site, with tons of resources for parents! Braiding Her Hair She’s twelve now and she stands almost…