As busy moms, we often reflect on how grateful we are to have grown up in simpler times. We could be kids. We could be present and in the moment. Most days, summers were spent outdoors rollerblading, biking, playing tag, and just enjoying the here and now…remember that? Now, it isn’t just our children who spend most of their days… Read More
There is a little saying that goes “when mom is unhappy, everyone is unhappy.” While dads most definitely do their part too, moms are generally the ones who are there to pick up the pieces when laundry needs to be done quickly, and meals need to be cooked. Even then, when mom is sick, injured, or otherwise has her day… Read More
I woke up this morning to the boys and their friends yelling at each other. All over an X-Box game. Asking them (I might have raised my voice a bit) to bring down the controllers and their phones, one can imagine the disrespect that followed. The shortness, the impatience, the crankiness, the irritability in their tone of voice sent me… Read More
Do you ever just feel like you’ve got too much on your plate…you’re stuck working on a never-ending to-do list…and you’re being pulled in a million directions…without having a single ounce of sanity? Oh, how I get it, and I am here to tell you…Stop trying to do it all! There were days when I could not even count how… Read More
There’s not a single person on this Earth who hasn’t compared and looked at someone else and thought, “man, I would be so much happier if I had that.” We often confuse our own self-worth and happiness with the things other people have. It may be a car, a slimmer body, or photos of extravagant vacations every week. And it… Read More
I had a wake up call from my teenage son when he said something so simple, yet so wise — as an entrepreneur at heart, a business owner since the age of 2, a work ethic so strong, and goals a mile long — he said, I would be happy continuing to run and build my landscape company. Happy. Did… Read More