When I think about birthday traditions I think of a humorous conversation with my then 5 year old daughter. She asked: "Mama - why do we have birthday parties?""Well, we love you so much and we're so very glad you were born and so we celebrate that day.""Oh... and so we can have [...]Continue Reading
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We Can Foster Connection More Simply – Here’s How
It's easy to get caught up in all the things you "should" be doing to connect with the people you love. Your kids, your partner, your parents or friends - our relationships naturally are extremely important to us, and with our powerful desire to connect we can put a lot of pressure on ourselves to [...]Continue Reading
Journal Writing Prompts about Love
Loving and being loved, it sounds so simple, but the truth is not always simple. Love is a complex web of action and emotion. More often than not, real love has its sleeves rolled up, dirt and grime smeared on its arms, and sweat dripping down its forehead.-Seth Adam Smith These writing prompts [...]Continue Reading
The Toddler Years Bucket List – All The Most Fun Activities to Do with Toddlers before they’re Big Kids!
Here's how to spend quality time with your toddler! My youngest child turned two the week of writing this! In celebration of her birthday, and because I really want to make the best of this time, I created this list of fun activities for 1, 2 and 3 year olds. Sometimes you know you want to spend [...]Continue Reading
This Belief Keeps You Constantly Busy – and not able to slow down with your kids
Are you the person keeping yourself from slowing down? I'm certainly at fault on this sometimes, even when it feels like it's everyone else making the demands on my time.Going more slowly while doing day-to-day tasks with my kids is so nurturing for us, yet sometimes I get stuck on a [...]Continue Reading
These Mistakes Really Tripped up my Connection with my Kids
I remember my confusion and guilt the first time I yelled angrily at my first child. He was only a baby, maybe a 9 months to a year old and I was a mom, who at that time, was living entirely by his needs - sleeping poorly, exhausted and run down.Fast forward a few more years and I'd added on my [...]Continue Reading
