Finding The Good
Today I am sharing something pretty personal. The full story is over at Deseret News today and is sponsored by BonCom because they are trying to bring awareness to the issue of teenage anxiety. I hope that this helps someone out there. There was a period of about eight years in my life that I constantly experienced pain in my… Read More
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
*This is a post prepared under a contract funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and written on behalf of the Mom It Forward Influencer Network for use in CDC’s Be Antibiotics Aware educational effort. Opinions on this blog are my own and do not necessarily reflect the views of CDC. … Read More
As you know if you’ve been following me on Instagram or Facebook, we are in the middle of a huge kitchen remodel that my husband and I are doing almost completely ourselves (except for 1 or 2 parts). Talk about a DIY project! I’m not really sure what it is about My Man and I that makes us want to… Read More
If you could only say one last thing to your family in 25 words or less, what would you say? I recently heard an address given by Rosemary M. Wixom. She is a wise woman who was the President of the worldwide children’s organization for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. In the address, she told a true… Read More
I get it. It’s hard to find Mom a gift . . . whether it’s her birthday or Mother’s Day, I think finding the mother in our lives the perfect gift is HARD. There’s even a whole TV episode about it on my favorite show The Middle on ABC (Mother’s Day Season 1, episode 22) where the whole family forgets… Read More
“I’m sorry.” It takes a lot just to say those two little words. When you’ve wronged someone, it is so hard to admit that you hurt them and that you want to make it better. It can be a little awkward too, to break the ice and actually say what you need to. Which is why I have come up… Read More
I recently wrote an article about 6 Ways to Live a More Blissful Life and since then I have been thinking more about forgiveness and saying sorry. I’ve decided that I should have added those things to the list of things that help us live with more joy. I’m learning that forgiveness and saying sorry really do have power to… Read More
As my readers know, I was hit by an intoxicated driver while I was pregnant with my third child. {You can read more about this auto-pedestrian accident HERE} I am discussing it more today as part of the #PrinceofPeace series for Easter and I hope my story will help us all remember the power of one compassionate person. … Read More
It was the hubbub of a busy Wednesday night. Soccer practice was over, a quick dinner of spaghetti was bubbling on the stove, my oldest was reading her homework aloud to me as I cooked, and my baby girl was pulling pots and pans out of the lower kitchen cupboards. My husband an was racing home from a long… Read More
I’ve been thinking a lot about what makes a life blissful today. Our Grandma died this week at age 101. Yes, you read that right, ONE HUNDRED AND ONE. And it got me thinking, did Grandma have a blissful life? Was it because she lived to 101 years of age? Or would it have been just as good if it… Read More
I know it’s totally last minute but I wanted to share this easy Butterfly Valentine’s Mailbox idea with you anyway. If you are a last-minute kind of mom, you’ll need this today. This weekend my daughter and I had to make a Valentine’s mailbox for her class party. I had less than 30 minutes to devote to this and I… Read More