I have purchased the shoes, the hat, the clothes, the sunglasses, and the watch. This means I’m going to start this new hobby, right? Last fall, I convinced my friends to run a 4-mile local road race named the Turkey Trot. We trained lightly leading up to the race, husbands and family had watched children, …
I was recently at a restaurant and overheard three women talking at the table next to me. I wasn’t ease dropping; it’s just that my husband took my son to the bathroom so I was left without conversation. One woman began to talk about the guilt she felt about not being able to visit a …
I’m sure a lot of you have heard of the rose and thorn game. Well, it’s something my family does every night at the dinner table. The point of this daily family exercise is for each person at the table to take out their highlight of the day and take out their low point and …
There are times in our lives when coincidences pop up. For instance, one day while my son was at story time in the library, I was perusing the latest fiction books. It was at a point in my life when I had been thinking about what’s next and ultimately wanted to be creative again. I …
Schedules can be crazy year-round. Between driving to Taekwando, swim, play dates, birthday parties, baseball, and soccer, weekend hours seem to fill quickly. In a blink of the eye, your calendar goes from open to booked solid. For those few open days you have, creating the perfect family day in between all these activities can …
I’ve been talking a lot about goals recently in my house. For one thing, because of this big goal I have to write, show my passion, and use my voice. Nevertheless, what is most exciting is that my five-year-old son, the sponge, declared the other day unexpectedly that his goal was to shower on his …