Why It’s Immediately Time to Stop Seeking Perfect Balance
February 7, 2022As we launch ourselves into 2022, it is time to throw away some old ideas and start fresh. The first concept to throw in the fire is balance. The search for perfect balance between work, home, and self is a hot issue. One, I believe we are looking at all wrong. An idea that sets us up for failure. Time to say goodbye to perfect balance and hello to something better. Balance is a Myth Achieving the perfect work/life balance while also balancing the needs of the self is a myth. Not only a myth, but this perfect balance is an unattainable goal that…
5 Simple and Delicious Crock Pot Dinner Ideas
Mom, what’s for dinner? I’m hungry. Is dinner ready? How long until dinner is ready? And the chorus goes on and on and on. No matter how many times you cook dinner, someone always expects to eat dinner again the…
Why Exhaustion Is Not Always As Simple As Sleeping More
Have you ever said, “I’m so tired, I could sleep for a week!” Exhaustion seems like a rite of passage in our fast paced, hustle more, think big society. But what happens when the exhaustion completely takes over? Is it…
Miss You Momma – Hugs in Heaven
Dear Mom, Two years ago today, I said my final goodbyes as your heart beat its last beats. 730 days passed and I still feel that it is absolutely ABSURD that you are gone. There is something wrong about the…
How Do We Find Hope at the Intersection of Love and Faith?
Life is full of ups, downs, ins, outs and sometimes sideways events. When life is scary it makes grief and loss more up and in your face. “I don’t want to do this without my person and this is all…
How Lament Actually Empowers You to Be 100% Real with God
Do you talk to God? When you start a conversation are you real? I mean really real. Do you bring all the feelings and lay them at the feet of our Creator? Or do you stay in the lane of…
3 Astounding Confessions from a Mom’s Return to “Normal Life”
Parenting through a pandemic is interesting to say the least. I never intended to home school my children and yet we spent the entire last school year in a virtual school bubble. We spent 18 months or so keeping our…
Garden Fresh Peach Salsa in Minutes
One of my favorite things to eat any day of the year is salsa. I eat it with chips, put it on eggs or baked potatoes. Salsa is one of natures perfect foods. When it is veggie garden and farmer’s…
How to Use My Astoundingly Simple Method to Care for Sick Kids
As we move ourselves out of pandemic isolation and back into all our real-world spaces, the inevitable happened – we have three sick kids! I knew this was going to happen. I fear the little man will be sick for…
How to Redefine the Achievable Meaning of Enough
Life is a complicated arrangement of thing to do, places to go, and people to care for. Do you ever question if what you are doing is enough? I do! All. The. Time. To combat these feelings, I made ENOUGH…
5 Editing Tools to Improve The Power of Your Writing
Writing starts with an idea, but Strong Editing is Key to Effective Writing. Frantz Fanon said “everything can be understood by the people, on the single condition that you want them to understand.” Writing effectively is an exercise…