May Day Is For Introverts

Introverts, let me tell you, as if this quarantine hasn't been enough, now we get May Day. May Day is an introvert's dream come true, when your friends say, "Hi, I care," and then run away and leave you alone in your own quiet.   A friend of mine has started texting...

Finish the School Year Strong!

Friends, we have one month left! One month left of having our kiddos in our newly established "Home Schools," and then some version of summer will happen. Summer might look different this year, but I can tell you as a homeschooling momma for many years, the days feel...

How To Get Out Of Your Head

In the quiet, we have had time to think. It may have been a little bit too much time, because we are starting to spin.   What’s spinning? It looks a little bit like this:  I got a text that one of my high school friends had posted my senior picture on their Instagram...

Create An Emotionally Healthy Home

Well, this was not the plan. I’m pretty sure that everyone has said something like that as we all have rearranged our schedules, plans… life over the past few months.  To say that this type of change can bring about some stress is a huge understatement! I’m finding...

Don’t Forget To Remember

There is a sweetness in returning to the simple that quarantine has caused. We’ve had to fight for it at times...to keep our eyes searching for the good, the sweet, the true things.   Many of us have never spent so much time walking around our yards in the spring,...

Lonely? How To Initiate Authentic Friendship

As we post pictures on our porches during this quarantine, I know there is more happening in our hearts than sweatpants and messy hair days.  One thing I hear in this time of quarantine is that we as a generation are lonely. How can we find and create authentic...

When Life Hands You Lemons…

When life hands you lemons... squeeze the heck out of them! 🙂 We are definitely in a unique time where we are getting served our fair share of lemons. But, it's also one of the best times of the year to buy them, so let's make the most of it! Here are my favorite...

What Makes Your Heart Sing?

I noticed it as my son's teacher pulled up their classroom Zoom call: we saw his classroom, and it looked cheerful and happy. Then it happened. As she held up a markerboard, her whole arm disappeared like something from a science fiction movie. The background was only...

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