We’ve had some life changes lately, so I’ve been thinking about the value of life. Here are my thoughts on parenting, life insurance, and the legacy we leave behind. *This blog post is written in partnership with Responsival. Thoughts and ideas are my own. Hi. Even though we hate talking about the hard things in life, like death and sickness,… Read More
The Neverland Syndrome
I call it The Neverland Syndrome. It’s a condition I suffer from on every child’s birthday, every big milestone, and at every goodbye. I don’t want things to change. I don’t want my children to grow up. Why can’t we just stay the same forever and always? I remember when my Sweet Tween just… Read More
The Fun is Over . . . Or Is It?
Well, the summer fun is over. All our visitors and friends have gone home. The vacations are over. My niece Kay Kay goes home today. Baby Girl told me, “It’s going to be different at our house without Kay Kay.” She had wanted us to adopt Kay Kay. We visited our teachers and our new classrooms. We got our school… Read More
My Summer Bucket List
Summer is fading away for us . . . only 1 week left. As usual it went by quickly, and yet there were many long “what should we do today” days as well. When summer began, even before we found out we had to move, my kidlets and I made a list of things we hoped to do this summer…. Read More
Slow Down
I recently found out that a little boy in Baby Girl’s kindergarten class has a serious brain tumor. As far as I understand it is in his brain stem too. When I asked my doctor husband what that meant, he replied, “It’s very bad. If its in the brain stem it’s very dangerous.” He was having constant, severe headaches, leg… Read More
No More Tears
Baby Girl has had a hard time going to Kindergarten lately. This whole school thing is still new to her. She’s stayed home with me for 5 years, so she’s still adjusting. We did neighborhood preschools with other moms and she’s been babysat by friends, but the idea of being gone EVERYDAY is tough to get used to. So I… Read More