While the notion of living out our days at the beach sounds like a dream, the reality is we are busy, hardworking people just trying to tackle life’s daily challenges and find the inspiration to really create the life we want. Whether it is faith-based inspiration or just real like talk about life with two teenagers, I hope that you can find content that is relatable, motivational or just a quick little break from everyday life.
With today being Earth Day, I thought it was more appropriate than ever to talk about our appreciation for the great outdoors. I’m guessing, like me, that while I have always enjoyed time outside, especially when the weather is nice, none of us have ever appreciated it more than in the last 6 weeks. With so many of our beaches, parks and hiking trails closed, it can be hard to find ways to enjoy our time in the sun. Today,[Read more]
As we enter into week 4 of stay at home life, I’m guessing that each day gets harder for most of us in a lot of ways. As I was on a conference call last week with a client, he brought up the “silver linings” a few times and it stuck with me all weekend. As I see people posting pics of their family game nights or bike rides together, I am reminded that, while each day has brought sadness[Read more]
As we hit the mid-way point of week 3 of this quarantine, I can imagine the rest of you are like me. Just trying to get through one day at a time and praying for an end to this soon. While spending more time at home with family has its perks, let’s face it, I’m guessing we also have our days where we are getting a little sick of one another too. Overnight, it seems, our daily connections with the[Read more]
As I sat in church this past Sunday and listened to the message regarding how we view and treat our bodies, it really hit home since my daughter had a couple of friends that were involved in some body shaming this past week as well. I have always been very conscious about making sure that we don’t place a lot of weight in people’s size, even our own, despite the fact that we are both naturally thinner in nature. With[Read more]
Most of us would consider ourselves good decision makers overall when it comes to the big life altering ones, and I’m guessing that even if you have a few not so good ones in there, you have learned from them and grown that much more as a person. When it comes to making decisions, are you an over thinker like yours truly or do you go with your gut instinct and trust that whatever the outcome, that is the best[Read more]
You have seen other blog posts of mine talking about the teenage journey to independence and how we navigate through these critical years ensuring, on the one hand, that our kids are well equipped when we send them out into the world as adults but also knowing they can depend on us as they continue to figure out who they really are. Over the weekend, my son went to his Winter Formal and while this wasn’t his first dance or[Read more]