Daily Thoughts
The Strength of Connection
There’s a popular phrase I’m guessing we are all at least a little bit familiar with—misery loves company. I can remember hearing that phrase growing up, though, to be honest, I’m not quite sure I fully understood either its meaning or the intent of the one sharing...
They’re So Relatable!
when we are reflected in books & stories, we feel seen... I remember when I was growing up, there was something kind of nice to find someone else in the world who seemed to be like me, especially in their shyness or their awkwardness or even their sense of...
Just Right Celebrations
Goldilocks in the just right bed... Just like its present-day applications, the story of Goldilocks and The Three Bears evolved from its original tellings. Maybe you, like me, had no idea that the first story involving these characters came in the form of a handmade...
They’re Posers
If you spend any time on any social media platform or if you engage at all in the world, you likely realize that civil discourse has lost at least a bit of its footing in any conversation involving differences of opinions, especially around hot-button topics, like...
Strike a Pose
I don’t know if it’s all mamas or if it just happens to be me, but whichever it is, I do know that I regularly have issues with my cell phone’s storage because of the number of pictures I take and then store in my phone’s photo app. While it is supposed to sync with...
Frog and Toad and Nostalgia
When our girls were younger, we always made a point of reading with them and it has been such a wonderful adventure seeing the ways reading has influenced them and the ways it created some special core memories. If you’re a fan of Inside Out and Inside Out 2, then you...
They Are a Treat
It’s that time of year, the time of costumes and fall festivals and trunk or treating and harvest-themed games. This year, I finally managed to get my act together in time to volunteer to participate in our church’s fall festival and be a part of the popular trunk or...
She Has a Bead on…Beading
When it comes to crafting, my girls still love heading into Michaels and exploring the aisles of creative possibilities, aisles filled with sketch books and artist pencils, markers and paints, miniatures and holiday decor, and so much more. When they were younger,...
Drawing on Their Doodle Prowess
Ever since my girls were little (with them, I tend to use the term, when they were knee-high to a grasshopper) they have been doodlers. In fact, pretty much since they were able to hold a pencil or a marker, we have had different options for them to draw, sketch, and...