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Even though there are less than seven years separating my youngest and my oldest, I still look at Kristofer and Ingrid as the older kids and Gretchen, Kasen and Marit as the little guys. None of them...
View ArticleSenior Year
The end of the school year is no joke for anyone. There are parties and concerts and ceremonies and all the regular end-of-the-year hoopla. Senior year is a whole different story. I was not...
View ArticleA Perfect 18th Birthday
If you’ve been around here since the beginning, you know how I feel about birthday parties for kids. I’m not a fan of over-the-top parties. I wrote some pretty opinionated posts about kid parties back...
View ArticleThank God It’s Not The Big C
Last Tuesday I woke up around 1 am with excruciating abdominal pain. Within ten minutes I was completely drenched with sweat from head to toe, writhing around in agony on my bathroom floor. I have...
View ArticleSetting Boundaries, Part 1
It wasn’t until a couple months ago I realized I had almost no boundaries with the kids. We aren’t talking Lord-of-the-Flies-lack-of-boundaries or anything – they have expectations and responsibilities...
View ArticleBoundaries, Part II: Are you setting yourself on fire?
One of my favorite quotes is, “You are not required to set yourself on fire to keep other people warm.” I think most women, and mothers in particular, grew up with this setting-yourself-on-fire...
View ArticleI’m Having Frog For Breakfast
We all have that one thing we really don’t want to do. The email we’re avoiding.The laundry pile.The workout.The awkward conversation. That’s your frog. The trick? Do it right away. Either way, the...
View ArticleTiny Rewards, Big Results
We like results. We like progress we can see. If we are making ourselves uncomfortable and doing hard things, we at least want something to show for it. When you’re saving money, you can see the...
View ArticleWhy You Need A Why
You don’t need more willpower. You need a reason. Most people think they just need a better schedule, more money, a new planner, or a little more motivation to get going and stay consistent when they...
View ArticleFailure is Feedback
You’re going to mess up. You’ll blow off a workout, lose it on your kids, forget about an appointment, overspend, get distracted from your goal. And when you do – because we all do – the words you say...
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