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Talking with a friend Tuesday night, she lamented a mother’s job. It’s up at 5am, get ready for work, get the kids off to school, pick up the kids, feed, bathe, homework, kids to bed, herself to bed at 11pm, and then do it all over again.
We often feel like a hamster in a wheel [...]
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Last night I got home late from an Arbonne party, and Jenna, my ten-year old, had a friend over to spend the night and they were still awake. I went up to check on them, and she wanted to read her speech to me that she had written. She loves the environment and animals, so [...]
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I have really begun to look forward to Saturdays. It’s a day off from work, it usually means watching a sporting event of one of my children, and on most Saturday nights we are with another family at our house or theirs.
I have another reason to look forward to Saturdays, and that’s the StrongMothers Saturday [...]
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I have a new blog that I am following – I feel like you will love it, too! Rachel at www.graspingforobjectivity.com writes a hilarious blog about everyday life. My favorite post is about “Mom Jeans and the Dreaded Long Butt.” Rachel and her friend Lydia performed a (ahem!) scientific experiment about jeans’ pocket placement. Any of [...]
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I’m looking for ideas on motivating kids. My own kids.
We’ve been working our plan of setting boundaries, clear expectations, responsibilities to ensure ownership in our household, but there’s a lot of resistance that I guess I just didn’t expect. Some of it is passive aggressive behavior… like when my daughter does everything else possible to [...]
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As a mom, sometimes (most times) it seems like there is not enough time in the day! I have a great quote that I always think of when I feel like there’s not enough time, and it goes like this:
“There are 24 hours in a day. I don’t care what you do with yours; I’m [...]
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Think about situations that you, family members, or friends have been in where there were obstacles, setbacks, or trauma. What did you or your family member do in order to survive?
Many years ago, one of my very best friends was pregnant with her first child. In the first trimester, she miscarried, and came to [...]
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