Thanksgiving week is here!! College kids are coming home with dark circles under their eyes and heavy bags of laundry. Parents are shopping frantically for massive quantities of food. Every car that has been manufactured in the last 20 years is on the road and trying to get into your lane. You know…the holidays! I…

Turkey Day is here!! Some of us look forward to it. Some dread it, for a variety of reasons. Let’s see if we can make it a little easier on everyone. Thanksgiving has the potential to be a really fun and easy holiday. Really. There is no gift giving and gift shopping. There isn’t extensive…

Parenting can be one of the most rewarding vocations, and it can be completely exhausting and draining. I remember reading a quote when my oldest was a baby that said, “the thing about kids is that once you have them, there they are.” So true. It isn’t a part time hobby or something you can…

Many people make New Year’s Resolutions. About 80% of those are tossed to the wayside in the first six weeks of the year. That is not a great success rate! What can you personally do to give yourself a better chance at making the changes that you are hoping for and dreaming about in 2016?…

Many of you already know that we lost our youngest brother Ryan in the beginning of December 2016. He died in his sleep 4 years after a devastating car accident.  His eulogy is at the end of this post, included here to give you a peak into the life of our very amazing sibling.  His…

The muse for my writing was a client cancellation early this morning, who wrote “please don’t hate me, but I need more sleep.” First, I could hardly hate anyone for needing an extra hour of sleep. I completely understand. And, with the extra time that I now had on my hands due to the cancellation,…

As we begin the new year and new semester (for students, parents, and teachers) and the pace rivals the fast and furious Indy 500, perspective is one thing that can add peace and more joy to this time of year. As I look at this week’s schedule, and there is an event every single night…

Whether you are just starting to think about what type of lunch box to buy your soon to be kindergartner or are in the process of making the last few lunches for a graduating senior or are somewhere in the midst of the chaos of it all…lunch is a meal that most kids are going…

Even if you never watch football or go to a tailgate party the rest of the year, most Americans know that this Sunday is SUPER BOWL SUNDAY! While the Falcons and Patriots face off, many Americans will be stuffing their faces…but fear not!! There are healthy twists and all is not lost!! Some research indicates…

This is one of my favorite poems. Every time I read it, it feels as though I am reading my very own mission statement…not for my business, which is an outgrowth of me, but a mission statement for my very soul. What is your personal mission statement? Do you think that writing one, or at…