Choose Your Response
Ok Ladies, here's a little shot in the arm if you're open for it! "In particular, the onset and course of disease are strongly linked to a person's ability and willingness to cope with stress. Stresses that we choose evoke a response totally different from those we'd...
A Truth
I don't have to make everything all better. And neither do you. Everyone has their own challenges to work on and it is right for each one to strive for their own growth. Deep breath in.................................hold...
Your Story
Hello my friend, how has your day been? I hope you are speaking kindly to yourself and to others, and apologizing and giving forgiveness when necessary! {Yes, that is daily!} In thinking about Christmas and the fact that the calendar is about to flip to a new year, I...
Letting Love
I hope you are having a good week. It seems that everything is magnified this time of year...the push and rush, the pressure to create a good Christmas for our families, the need to exercise amidst a crazy schedule, the need for rest and regular good meals, etc. But...
The Uniform
I was talking to a young mother the other day about a "homemaker uniform." Or at least what worked well for me! It seems to be a source of frustration to some to be conflicted about looking nice or in other words, not feeling "grungy" and yet wearing clothes that...
Heartburn Remedy-Tis the Season!
For heartburn or acid reflux: Here's a very simple solution. 8-10 oz of water 2 Tablespoons Bragg's apple cider vinegar 1/4 teaspoon baking soda The soda and vinegar will fizz when you mix them, so just stir it or swish it in the glass to make sure the soda gets...
Hacks for Happy on One Income
When my husband and I got married, I knew that when we had kids I wanted to be at home with them. I had the clarity of both, being a child with a mother at home and with being a teenager with a single, hard-working mother and I knew that I wanted to be at home, if at...
The Burden of Babylon
A little preaching to the choir today! I know, that you know, but just for clarity-sake, let's kick this around... "Neurotic: to be in conflict." {Erica Komisar, Being There; Why Prioritizing Motherhood in the First Three Years Matters} I would add, to be confused...
Time for Climate Change?
"I have come to the frightening conclusion that I am the decisive element. It is my personal approach that creates the climate. It is my daily mood that makes the weather. I possess tremendous power to make life miserable or joyous. I can be a tool of torture or an...
1, 2, 3
Some days, for some reason, when we begin to think about what needs to be done, a whole week or even a month of a mental to do list can hit us all at once! And then overwhelm hits, followed closely by paralyzation! Does that ever happen to you? Not since last...