Tomorrow I send my babies back to school…again It’s an exciting night for homes across the country, as kids prepare for a new year and parents trust their chosen school and teachers to help guide their children for a few […]...
TELL ME ABOUT MY DADDY… “Mommy, tell me about my Daddy please” She looked at me with her big blue eyes, and she didn’t falter It was the evening of her eleventh birthday, and the first time in eight years […]...
18 CRITICAL THINGS TO GIVE UP IN 2018 It’s the end of another year and time for those time-honored New Year resolutions We do it every year We promise to drop weight, get healthy, fix our lives in one way […]...
BEFORE THE NEXT STAGE It seems like yesterday that the doctor placed you in my arms and I fell in love You were, and still are incredible So tiny So innocent So perfect within your newness I didn’t know that […]...
MANGO LOVE!!! THE WORLD LOVES MANGO!! Did you know that MORE fresh mangos are eaten every single day around the world than any other fruit As an American that blows my mind Our country sees to be obsessed with bananas […]...
SENDING THEM TO SCHOOL, AFRAID It is that time of the year again The time when we send our children off to school to learn, to grow, to socialize, to develop mentally, physically, and emotionally School is not a replacement […]...
REPAIR OR REPLACE LIFE, LOVE AND THE PURSUIT OF PERFECT FLOORS After I married Keith, we moved to Montana from Arizona, and we built a sweet little house out on some land We wanted a place the kids could stretch […]...
THE #1 BEST THING ABOUT BEING WIDOWED! I’ll save you all the work of scrolling down through this text to find the answer to the teaser that is in the title of this blog The best thing about being Widowed […]...
Below are the words of wisdom I shared with my 6th-grade daughter and my 4th-grade son going into another new School Year 10 THINGS I TOLD MY DAUGHTER AS SHE WENT TO MIDDLE SCHOOL #1 – Not everyone will like […]...
OCT27 RAISING CHILDREN YOU DIDN’T CREATE You didn’t help create them You didn’t hold my hand over the nine months as they formed You didn’t help pick their cribs, their names, or their first outfit You weren’t there at their […]...
FINDING A DEEPER MEANING – 10 THINGS BALI TAUGHT ME ABOUT LIVING LIFE WITH MORE MEANING Some places are magical because they are stunningly beautiful Some places are magical because they are open-air museums, a snapshot into history Some places […]...
THE HEARTACHE OF DONUTS WITH DAD AND MUFFINS WITH MOM Dear school administrator, I think it’s time we drop Donuts with Dad and Muffins with Mom Allow me to explain why so many of us feel this way I’m writing […]...
