I have something to admit that some of you may think makes me a bad mom. That’s just going to be how it is, though. I started this blog to help parents, to help us all to make memories from the messy, and nowadays, things are really, really messy. And they seem to be staying messy for the foreseeable future. So here is my admission… You know how there will be that episode on that TV show you love or that Hallmark movie you watched recently where someone says some statement or makes a wish ...
Archives for July 2020
What We Can Choose
I don’t know who needs to hear this. I don’t know who needs to read this. I don’t know who needs to have a hug or meet up for a little chit chat. It is ok to be disappointed in how our lives are right now. It is ok to be upset that events are cancelled, rescheduled, or indefinitely postponed. It is ok to crave getting out, going to places other than your house, to seeing people other than those that are normally living within the walls of your home. It is ok to be happy that ...
Teaching Our Children to Trust God
I’m going to be completely truthful - I and my faith have had an incredibly difficult time during this pandemic and the closures of our churches. Before everything shut down, I did not fully realize how much my faith, my spirit, and my heart depended on going to church every week. I knew that I had a sense of renewal every Sunday at church, but I didn’t realize just how dependent I was on it. Since the beginning of the shut downs, our church - as many churches have - has insisted that we are ...
Healthy Summer Snacks – Dole Whip Popsicles
For almost a year, my husband and I worked hard with our wonderful travel planner to plan an amazing trip to Disney World for the end of April. We had the perfect resort picked out, the perfect dining reservations made, and an amazing fireworks dessert party for our Little Miss’s birthday evening. And then March came, the pandemic swept the country, and everything shut down. I held out hope that things would get better and closely watched the number of cases and the news coming out about ...