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I’m struggling right now to follow through with a goal I chose just a few days ago.I was careful to not choose something too unrealistic. Nevertheless, I am still struggling.I, however, have learned a thing or two that help me to push through.I want to share with you, right now, one of those tips.And while… Continue reading A Tip for Keeping Your Commitments to Yourself

Sometimes you feel like you are doing all you can AND not doing too much. But you are just so tired.There doesn’t seem to be anything to cut out. You probably tell yourself things like, There’s nothing that can “go.”You can just make it work.It will be fine.You’ll just have to figure things out. It… Continue reading Pushing Through

Here in the PNW we joke a lot about the weather.  It likes to change. A LOT.If you check the weather ahead of time, you should also check it again immediately beforehand and then still pack a hoodie, rain coat, beanie, sunscreen and sunglasses, just in case. That happened this morning. We left home to completely overcast… Continue reading Are You Prepared?

Have you ever wanted something so bad for your child? When they have worked so hard for something? Or when they are hurting or struggling? I am there right now. I went to my son’s bi-district meet this past weekend.  He was competing in the second round of districts to make it to State Championships… Continue reading When You Really Want Something for Your Kid

There’s this beautiful and terrible phenomenon of opposites… Ying and Yang. Virtue and Vice. Joy and Pain. I wrote this in the middle of my entry from yesterday and cut it out.  I felt like it would be something I eventually would write about so I just pasted it at the end for another time…… Continue reading Ying & Yang, Joy & Pain

Regret is a painful, painful thing.  And it is rare that you meet a mom, or even any person, who doesn’t have at least one big regret.  As you read this, I’m sure something is coming to mind. Why, though, does it sting so much?? Well, walk with me through my most recent parenting regret… Continue reading The Pain of Regret

I feel a strong pull to begin writing a blog again.  I do not know why or where it will lead but the pull is strong.  I have been ignoring It for too long and now I cannot ignore it.  My prayer is that as I share this blog, that not only will it help… Continue reading This is me.