Hi Friends, As a MOPS leader I know Spring semester arrives after the Christmas chaos and we often aren’t sure what to do with all of the meetings ahead. I’m frequently asked to Skype with groups around the world and I love it, but can’t always say...
What if you are entering 2015 with no resolutions but survival? Or maintaining the status quo? What if there is no big word to live into? Or the word is something you don’t want to share? Like sobriety? Or grief? Just a shout out that if name it and claim it is not...
In a panic about spending, gifts and Christmas? A few last minute basics on keeping Christmas about more than money. Today at MOPS International’s Hello Darling blog, 5 Tactics to Minimize Money Stress Over the Holidays. And a few ideas I didn’t include...
Hi Friends! Happy 2 weeks until Christmas! As we hustle and bustle to get our Christmas ordering, shopping, and wrapping done, how do we help our children not go bizerk over their wish lists for Santa?! At the Hello Darling blog I wrote 5 Ways to Help Kids Avoid...
It had been the end of a difficult stretch. Not of days or weeks – but months. Sick parents and strained bank accounts left my husband, Derek, and me in a perpetual state of exhaustion. Throw in some major life stressors, and the good times weren’t exactly...
All weekend I’ve been thinking about President Obama’s comments about mothers and the choice to stay home. If you missed this sound bite media frenzy, you can quickly read up on it here. If you are looking for an angry post about why his words were scandalous, you can...
