During our pandemic lockdown, we have been watching lots of movies and listening to lots of music. Movies and music is the perfect recipe for joy in this house. Like many other families, Frozen 2 is one of our current go to movies, both to watch and listen to the soundtrack. As we listen on … Continue reading How to Make Big Decisions and Keep Moving Forward
It is time for the final installment of my Fierce Free Fire series. The last section of Fierce Free and Full of Fire: The Guide to Being Glorious You is How I Connect. In case you missed the previous posts, here they are: Who I Am, What I Need, What I Want, and What I … Continue reading Fierce Free Fire Series: How I Connect
Time to dive into What I Want, part three in my series on Fierce Free and Full of Fire: The Guide to Being Glorious You by Jen Hatmaker. If you missed my previous posts, here is part 1, Who I Am and part 2, What I Need. The What I Want section really got my … Continue reading Fierce Free Fire Series: What I Want
Time to jump into the second section of Fierce Free and Full of Fire: The Guide to Being Glorious You. If you missed section one, Who I Am, click here. It is time to take a deep dive into what we need to live strong, happy, connected lives. We all deserve to have these things. … Continue reading Fierce Free Fire Series: What I Need
A couple months ago, on a whim, I filled out a launch team application for one of my favorite authors. My thoughts – How unbelievably cool would it be to help launch a book for an author I love to read; It probably won’t happen because I don’t have a super huge following. On February … Continue reading Fierce Free Fire Series: Who I Am
The COVID-19 pandemic rages on keeping us all in isolation for our safety and the safety of the ones around us. How are you coping? In a world full of social media, where on a normal day our everyday moments are shared for the world to see, our coping mechanisms are on display. Not only … Continue reading Days in Isolation: How are you Coping?
On April 2, 2020, Governor Whitmer announced an executive order to cease all K-12 in building school for the remainder of the 2019-2020 school year. The news hits me hard, though I knew in my heart that it was coming. We are in difficult times. Making this decision could not be easy for anyone involved. … Continue reading Schools are Closed – Grieving for the Loss of Normal
Over the last 8 years I worked at home a minimum of two days a week, all the way up to the full work week. You could say I have a love-hate relationship with working from home. I love the flexibility, the freedom to care for my children, and the lack of commuting. The down … Continue reading How to Keep Your Sanity Working From Home
The process of grieving is an emotional struggle with a complete lack of logic. I have no better definition. How else do you explain regular everyday happiness that gets abruptly stopped by overwhelming sadness? Without warning I may add. Looking from the outside life is good. The kids are good. Business is good. Everyone is … Continue reading Seeking Peace Amongst Struggle with God’s Perfect Timing
*******Time for chapter 4 in my beautiful daughter’s story of growth and success beyond Struggles with Mental Health. If you missed chapter 1, 2, & 3, click the links below to read how our journey began. ****** She’s Struggling! What Do We Do? Our Experience with Brain Balance To Medicate or Not? The Great ADHD … Continue reading When the Floor Dropped Out – We Learned to Climb Together