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Choosing my yeses
Last year I started working outside the home. I desperately needed to remember who I am outside of my role as mom and homeschooler. Parenting a child with attachment disorder rocked my world in a way I wasn’t prepared for; motherhood had always felt like my “thing” — what I’m good at, what I feel…
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6 things I learned in March
Anne Bogel’s blog is one of my favorites, so I got the idea for this post from her and she got the idea from Emily Freeman. I love learning, so I like this concept of sharing a handful of things I learned lately, from the significant to the shallow. 1- Our nation uses a lot…
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For the adoptive mom who feels hopeless, frustrated, or crazy
Blergh. That, my friends, is eloquent talk for how frustrated I sometimes feel in this life as an adoptive mom. It’s exhausting, and I’m not talking about the usual parenting-is-tiring stuff, which all moms know can be plenty challenging, especially at certain stages of life. Remember that movie “Groundhog Day,” where Bill Murray’s character repeats…
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Life lately: new year, new wheels
This quote popped up numerous places in my facebook feed around the 1st of the year and I just loved it. I’m reminding myself of its truth and hoping to teach my kids the same: “I hope that in this year to come, you make mistakes. Because if you are making mistakes, then you are…
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Do what you love
There’s a little saying you’ve probably seen, and it goes something like this: “Do what you love and you’ll never work a day in your life.” The first time I saw it, I thought it was right on — but I saw it again, earlier this week, on a day which happened to be a…
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6 things making me happy right now
Hey there! Long(ish) time, no blog! But that’s because I’ve been busy building my offline fitness empire. {insert evil laugh here} And dealing with snow and ice, which is never suppose to happen here. And surviving Ken’s trip out of town when I had to take little kids everywhere with me, including work. So for…