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5 Easy Ways to Introduce Gratitude to Kids (No Supplies Needed)
With Thanksgiving coming up I think it’s a great opportunity to remind ourselves, and our kids, of how important Gratitude is in our everyday lives. I often run across other parents who have a...
Finding the Silver Lining in a Pandemic
I am trying to wrap my head around what 2020 has brought us thus far. I remember the day, March 13th, 2020, very vividly, when I picked my child up from school, for what would...
All I See is Judgment: What’s the Solution?
There’s a lot of judgment going on right now.
Many are dividing.
Have we forgotten that we are all in this together?
Whatever side you are on, we have completely forgotten about loving our neighbor.
How do we...
When You Cannot Find the Words… It’s OK
Sometimes I have the words to say, and sometimes I can’t quite put the words together.
Sometimes I can empathize and relate to what others are going through, and sometimes I can only imagine because...
Can We Talk About Something Else?
I’m tired of talking about this.
My kids are tired of talking about this. My 6-year old even asked that we stop calling “it” the Corona Virus, and instead call it “the sickness”.
Is she on...
A Reminder to Breathe: How I am Coping with #SaferAtHome and COVID-19
Today would have been my daughter’s first dance recital.
As I look at the calendar and see all the canceled events due to COVID-19, it makes me sad. I mourn the firsts that my daughter...
How to Recycle Old Clothes in the Madison Area
{And Keep Them Out of Landfills}
I don’t know about you, but I tend to be finding a whole lot of clothes (specifically my children’s) with holes, paint & marker stains, and just in plain-old-dirty...
Celebrate Random Acts of Kindness (RAK) Day!
February 17, 2020 is Random Acts of Kindness Day, and is the kick-off for an entire week (Feb 16-23, 2020) of encouraging random acts of kindness. Did you also know that there is a...
The Guilt of Napping
The other day I dropped my kid off at a birthday party and another mom asked what I had planned for the duration of the 2-hour party without my child. I said, “I am...
Letting Go of New Year’s Resolutions: Choose to Do This Instead
I’m tired of focusing on what is wrong with me and what I need to fix. This new year I am doing things differently, and I encourage you to do the same. Of course...
We’re in a Mess
The other day I mentioned to my friend how I felt like a mess. I recently had my third child, and life has been chaotic and down right messy. I am exhausted from cleaning...
How (Not) to Get Your Pre-Baby Body Back
{Because it's Not Coming Back}
After I had my first child, I was in a rush to lose the baby weight. I didn’t have a template to follow and I didn’t know if my body...