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August 19, 2022

5 Reasons to Not Take Yourself so Seriously

Today I realized something important. I have been taking myself too seriously. Do you ever do that? Have you ever been in the middle of a personal crisis and suddenly realized, “Wait a minute. I need to chill.” Life does not have to be a serious, sad thing. Instead, let life be what you want it to be. Yes, we have had a hard summer, but I have to remember that it is also still funny. This week lots of funny things happened, and I did not laugh at any of them! Have you ever had a phase like that? […]

April 11, 2022

Learning Something New: How to Play Football Lessons from John David

Today I have a guest post from my son. He’s eight, but he is a football expert. John David can rattle off to you every single team in the NFL and who their quarterback is. He’s excited for the upcoming NFL draft to see who will go where. JD also loves to play football, not just watch it. So he’s also anxiously tracking the start date for kid football season sign-ups. We are in the middle of a move, so he had me look up when exactly football sign-ups are in the new town so he does not miss them. […]

March 13, 2022

What if These Are The Most Important Years of Your Life?

Somewhere over the past year, when I was feeling completely unmotivated, I had this huge, helpful realization. I had the realization that you know what? These are the most important years of my life. So what am I moping around this house for? Did you get in a serious mind mush during the all of the whole Rona rigamarole? (P.S. How surprised was I to just learn from the auto spell check that “rigamarore” is spelled rigamarole? Have I been saying it wrong? How DO you say it?) Anyway, yeah, that whole year of virtual schooling the kids, making vaccine […]