Dear Delaney~ A first grader? YOU?? Aren’t you still my baby? When did you learn to walk and talk? To run, jump, swing and swim? Did I blink? You really aren’t a Kindergartner anymore? Did the year fly by for you? For me it felt like a few snaps, a quick turn of the jump rope, a roll of the… View Post
Eric Okerblom & The StandUp Act
Long before I was a mom, I empathized with people experiencing tragedy. Now that I have children, the empathy often results in tears: mine. Talking to someone who has lost a child can rob me of air, it can force the elephant in the room to take up residence on my heart. In a recent conversation, a man, a father… View Post
Our Neighborhood Rally – A Lemonade Stand to Fight Child Hunger
The small people and I held a Lemonade Stand to Fight Child Hunger – this is our first contribution to the Child Hunger Ends Here Campaign…. I have to confess, I hoped we would make $25. (which, by the way – would be amazing since $1 = 7 meals so 175 meals) We did it and MY KIDS LEARNED…. I… View Post
The Choice
Dear Daddy Diary- Today, May 23rd, 2010 was the toughest day of my life since July 10, 2004. I made a career decision today that I’m not sure was the right one. Do we ever know? I’m a mental wreck. My mind has gone back and forth so much in the last 24hrs that I feel like a politician. I… View Post
I commit to fighting child hunger
My small dude is sick. His temperature soared to 103 last night (and that was under his arm). And it was after Motrin. I struggled with that ‘helpless mom’ feeling….should I alternate Motrin and Tylenol?…..does this have anything to do with bonking heads with another little boy at the park? A lukewarm compress? A cool bath? Should I worry that he… View Post
Finding My Center
Sometimes life gets a little heavy. You find yourself settling under layer after layer of junk until your breathing gets labored and you struggle to focus. You can’t work, you can’t play, you question every little thing you do – from your ability to take care of your family – even doing laundry seems complicated – to completing work tasks… View Post
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