For Moms

My daughter and I recently started a new habit that we both enjoy. We found a playlist on Spotify that has affirmations about gratitude and self-love.  You’ll often find the practice of saying affirmations in a yoga or meditation practice....

Sometimes in life it’s much easier to run, than not to run. Especially for anyone who loves running! Running is essentially the greatest metaphor for life. When life gets hard, all we want to do is “run like the...

Recently, my family became a one car household, and it means my daughter and I have time to kill between errands/activities and picking up my husband from work. I have found myself driving around neighborhoods gawking at Christmas lights...

No. 1 Add Character One of my favorite ways to add some character to a dull space is to add texture. Texture on the walls can be simple, easy, and inexpensive!   No. 2 Paint Matters Paint is my favorite way to spruce...

Honestly, it started before she was born--the comments on her projected size and shape from well-meaning people. “Is she measuring big? It looks like she’s measuring big!” I brushed it off back then because you get all sorts of...

There are very few of us who grow up with the dream to become a single parent one day. Rather, single parenting is often the byproduct of life taking us down a road that we hadn’t planned for. Each...

In my mind I was making it work, but in my heart I was completely broken. I needed a solution, and fast. There were sleepless nights and long days of thinking the same thing over and over again. With the...

I have four kids and I remember being so scared to have The Talk with them. I’m not sure why because my parents were never awkward about it with me. They gave me factual information and always told me...

I don’t know about you, but now that the school year has resumed, I spend every waking minute doing stuff. Half the time, I can’t even remember what stuff it is I’m doing, but I know I somehow get...

If you have talked to any homeschooling families you probably have noticed that there is not ONE tried-and-true way to homeschool. You can ask the same question to a dozen families and get a dozen different answers. Each family...