Finding Gratitude
For 30 years, Thanksgiving was a wound I didn’t know how to stop reopening. It wasn’t the turkey or the…
Continue ReadingThe Sweetest Mother's Day Gift!
Tag
For 30 years, Thanksgiving was a wound I didn’t know how to stop reopening. It wasn’t the turkey or the…
Continue Reading8:10 a.m. — That’s what time our kids are supposed to be ready to walk out the door in the…
Continue Reading“Mama, go get your notebook! I have gratitudes to add!” When we started listing things we were grateful for, it…
Continue ReadingWhen I was younger, I had a dream. It wasn’t my only dream—I had plenty of career goals, financial aspirations,…
Continue ReadingIt’s a normal thing, I guess. I’m sure millions of kids around the world play youth sports. Hundreds play in…
Continue ReadingI look into this sweet, sleeping, peaceful face, and I’m so overcome with emotion and love. If one of the…
Continue ReadingSomewhere along the way, we have gotten this notion that motherhood always needs to be fun and exciting. Maybe it’s…
Continue ReadingIf you are a mom of little ones, you have probably been told on more than one occasion to cherish…
Continue ReadingThe first spontaneous “thank you,” that sweetly pours out of a child’s mouth is an occasion many parents remember with…
Continue ReadingI had a hard day with my boys a few weeks ago. Truthfully, we had a series of hard weeks. I…
Continue ReadingI didn't know how ungrateful I was. I didn't know that I should hold every hug a little bit longer…
Continue ReadingI’m not sure exactly when it was, possibly chemo treatment number four or five, but I remember lying in bed,…
Continue Reading