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...

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...

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...

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...

Slowing Down for Wonder

Have you ever noticed how many ways the idea that we are rushing through life seems to show up in how we talk about our days or our lives. We refer to life as the rat race, or we use terms like racing around, running from place to place. We say we are running late or...