When life throws you a curveball, how good are you at coping with the resulting changes? Brian often remarks that our family doesn’t do change. The truth is, not many of us love change, especially when the change is…
Inspiration
Little ideas designed to bring a small amount of inspiration
In Place of Panic
In Place of Panic (during this unprecedented pandemic) Reading time: approximately 4 minutes This unprecedented time in which we are currently living has the ability to produce mind numbing-panic. It is easy to swing from calm to chaos and…
How to Make a Successful New Year’s Resolution!
Approximate reading time: 3 minutes Updated December 2021 Does the idea of making a new year’s resolution tempt you but the thought of failing make you cringe? For many years, in the days leading up to the end of…
Is Fear Stealing Your Dreams?
Approximate Reading time: 4 mins Fear steals our dreams. Maybe I should rephrase that statement. More appropriately stated; all too often, we allow fear to steal our dreams. What brought that fact into focus for me? It goes back quite…
How to Simplify Gift Giving
Do you procrastinate on purchasing gifts? If so, you probably empathize with the reason I carry a pair of scissors and a roll of tape in my vehicle. Having scissors and tape in my Jeep enables me to purchase…
Are the Little Things Breaking You?
Read time: Approximately 3 minutes Updated 05/19/2022 Do you ever feel as though you make the same mistakes over and over again? It is possible that the little things are to blame. Just recently as I was heading…
Rein In Your Inner Judge!
As always, I was running late. The truck in front of me was turning right. Clearly, there were no vehicles approaching from that direction. He was free to turn. So why, oh why, wasn’t he turning? The longer we sat,…
Think Little, Achieve Big!
Do you ever hear about those kids whose moms made them learn to play a musical instrument in which they had no interest? Not only am I one of those kids, I am also a middle child! Year end, year…
Are You Feeling Drained (part 2)
Recently, I wrote a post titled, Are You Feeling Drained, in which I outlined some questions that are worth asking if you are feeling mentally and physically drained. If you missed it, read it here. When I started that post,…
How to Host an All-Inclusive Easter Egg Hunt
Have you given any thought to traditional Easter egg hunts? Here’s my perspective on how traditional Easter egg hunts often go. Children, of differing ages and abilities, compete to be the child that captures the most Easter eggs…