Here’s one way to start the new year with a bang. Fearless and so confident you can do anything including something you’ve never done, like sing in front a crowd of your peers. But first, let me say Happy New Year to all of you. This time of year most of us will make a...
Here’s the deal. My kids are what most people would call “privileged kids.” Not going to lie, they have it good. More importantly, they have everything I ever wanted as a child and more. A nice house, a nice car, the dog, and more. Most days I feel blessed that we can give them a good...
It seems like years ago that I was in Mexico with the kids. Having just gone there myself a few weeks ago, I missed the time I spent there with the kids. All I could think about was that I really wanted to go back to create more life-long memories. It was 2011, the kids...
Being a mom can be so hard. And often we’re so hard on ourselves. We stress, worry, beat ourselves up over what we could’ve, should’ve, and would’ve done differently. But one of my favorite mom quotes helps me keep this job in perspective when I’m having a bad day. Below is a post I wrote...
It’s coming up on our 13 year wedding anniversary and there are a lot of firsts that happened to us around this time of year.* One is the first time we bought a house. We had been married one year and already expecting our first baby. My husband and I lived in Washington D.C. and...
Last night I was thinking about how chaotic my life used to be with three kids four and under. When my third baby was born, I had two in diapers and on bottles. That time period was really a blur. It zipped by so fast that I really can’t remember the details of what happened. I just remember the gist...