When you’re stuck inside with your kids – maybe the weather is bad and school is cancelled; they’re sick or worse, you’re sick – and your entire house is a bit stir crazy, here’s a few activities to help...
As 2022 ends and 2023 begins, we start to make our resolutions for the year to follow. What will we do differently? Should we make lifestyle changes? How can we make the new year our best yet? For me, I've...
Kittens, Puppies, and Bunnies… Oh my! If you’re like me, you’ve seen the commercials for the homeless animals and wished you could do anything to change their sorrowful faces locked behind the cages. You hate to see something so...
I love to read, I always have. As a child I would always be up late reading, often sneaking a flashlight in bed to finish an extra chapter or two. While I don’t have nearly as much time I...
  There are a lot of great idea lists out there telling you what gifts to get kids for Christmas (or birthdays, etc.). However, I haven't seen many lists that tell you what NOT to get a young child. Probably...
Many of us are a few weeks into Summer Break, and we still have two months of freedom ahead of us. By this point, your kids are probably getting a bit restless, and you just might be wondering what...
Two months ago, I gave birth to my third child. I was so anxious to be done with the pregnancy that I ignored how much life would change when this new baby made his appearance. I should have known...
In an world where everything is shared and posted without a second thought – my husband and I are in the minority (and were given some strange looks) when we informed friends and family that our daughter wouldn’t be...
I think being a mom is one of the hardest jobs a person can have. So, why are we always so hard on ourselves? I always try to act as though what people think about me doesn’t bother me,...
I love Pinterest, I really do. I use it to scroll through pins when mentally checking out of the real world  and pin my  little heart away. Do I ever actually use these pins in real life? Hell no. You see,...

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