Emma is such a fun age–18 months is an absolute blast. She is such a ham and loves to make Steve and I laugh…her excitement is contagious. I love that life is really never dull when you have kids. You get to relive all of the exciting things in life-parks, petting zoos, holidays, etc… Like [...]

Oh my goodness, I absolutely adore rainy days!! I’m not sure if it’s because we don’t have very many of them around here or just because, but I always get so excited when it rains because everything smells so fresh, staying inside feels that much cozier, and you have the perfect excuse to dig into [...]

So, I definitely felt anxious today. Anxious and for no good reason!!! I guess the day started out a bit stressful. I had to wake up early to write up a performance evaluation on my supervisor, which actually went just fine and was really kind of fun (nice when the tables are turned like that!!!). [...]

This morning I had renewed motivation to encourage Emma to eat her veggies. I’ve always read that you can’t force a child, especially a baby to eat healthfully, rather a parent’s job is to simply offer a wide variety of healthy foods and let your little one choose what and how much to eat. This [...]

Too often, I find my thoughts reflective of our culture. Today’s favorite messages sound something like this:

“If you want it, by all means have it!”
“You deserve it.”
“Love yourself.”

These sound like nice messages, they really do. But the problem enters in when the reality of these messages and daily life collide.
Self thinks: “I don’t really want [...]