At the beginning of every school year and again at the beginning of every calendar year, my husband and I sit down and discuss our goals, plans, and dreams with our kids. We try to create a discussion that gets…
Read moreWhy I won’t fill out their forms…and other ways I pass the buck. As much fun as it would be to write my children’s name, address, insurance info, doctors phone number on ten different sheets…TIMES FOUR KIDS… I refuse. While…
Read moreIt’s that time of year again! Fresh backpacks. New pencils. And all the excitement of seeing old friends. Unless of course you have none. In which case you may be sick to your stomach about the start of a new…
Read moreYou know what is overwhelming? Parenting. Like seriously. Maybe I’m missing something but I don’t think “parenting” was like a whole thing 40 years ago. Now people have entire #parenting styles. There are books and conferences. So many opinions, so many options….
Read moreI posted on my stories about some homophobic talk I had overheard while attending a second grade lunch. ▪️ The homophobic talk was nothing vulgar or violent but kids (8) using the term “gay” as an insult. Something we have…
Read more“How do you do it all? I could never…” That’s a phrase I hear constantly. Mostly from other moms and in relation to juggling all my kids, their schedules, my marriage, my volunteer work and budding career schedule. My answer…
Read moreWhen my kids were all young, I was exceptionally lonely. Easily the loneliest season of my whole life. My husband had a job that had him gone SIX DAYS a week. We moved to the middle of nowhere, where we…
Read moreYesterday I had the displeasure of doling out some healthy discipline on one of my younger babes. In fairness, it’s been quite awhile since this one has needed a “tune up” as we call it. When my kids were very…
Read more“In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends“ MLK JR ▪️ I’ll never forget the deep guttural pain I felt in 2012 as I watched the media coverage of the…
Read moreLast night as I crawled in to bed- sick with a head cold and worried about it affecting my presentation tonight… two of my little munchkins came to tell me goodnight. As I was giving them my list of everything…
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I got my Bachelors Degree in Child Development and worked with kids for many years prior to having my own. I never imagined I would have a family of SEVEN, but here I am and LOVING every minute of it. I love helping people live their best life, raise good people and have FUN while doing it!
My life is the unmistakable byproduct of God’s amazing love and grace. Despite my every effort to screw up my life, He protected me, molded me and taught me along the way.
