Home for School
It was around June that I realized that my 3 kids would most likely not be going back to school in person. I don't really know how to feel about this, just as with so many things with this pandemic. One day I am excited...
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Finding Our Balance
A few weeks ago I had the pleasure of spending some time with my friend, Ciji Townsend, Chief Motivator at Balanced Not Busy, to talk about balance, families and finding the ways to make it all work! The Balanced Not Busy website describes it as "a lifestyle. A...
Get on the Skies, Sit in the Sand, Enjoy the Moments
Enjoy the little things in life, for one day you may look back and realize they were the big things. ~Robert Breault To all my moms! The things you love to do but have decided you are too….old,too tired or it's not a mom to do -...
House Dresses and Other Things that Would Have Made my Grandmothers COVID Prepared
I have thought a lot about how my grandmothers would have approached COVID and there are few things that they made a part of her everyday life - a slower and less complicated life - that would have served them well during COVID. The House Dress...
A Summer Gift
Our life pre-March 15 was full of hustle and bustle and our summer was set to be very much the same. Our normal June is filled with swim and dive practice and long nights spent dodging thunderstorms to get in the meets. Friday nights spent with friends...
The Mental Balancing Act During COVID-19
We need to model for our kids how to react to stress by coping with anxiety in healthy way. This may be difficult, but here are a few tips that can help you navigate our “new normal.”...
Feeling at Home versus Staying at Home
As COVID-19 continues, home may feel like a place to stay versus a place to feel or enjoy. I read a recent Smithsonian Magazine article that resonated with me, “Be it ever so humble, it’s more than just a place. It’s also an idea—one where...
New Normal, Next Normal = Not Our Normal
Friday, March 13 our normal changed forever. One thing that has become very clear during COVID-19 and a look ahead to our “new normal” or “next normal” is moms are like a swiss army knife - mom, cook, teacher, therapist, coach - all trying to...