With so many extra curricular activities going on with our kids these days, it gets more and more difficult for them to find time to spend with friends. And anyone who is familiar with child development will attest to the fact that playdates play an important role in the social … [Read more...] about Best Times of Day for Playdate Scheduling
Relationships
Personal Thoughts to Help Bring Grace Into Your Life
“Grace has to be the loveliest word in the English language. It embodies almost every attractive quality we hope to find in others. Grace is a gift of the humble to the humiliated. Grace acknowledges the ugliness of wrongdoing by choosing to see beyond it. Grace accepts a person … [Read more...] about Personal Thoughts to Help Bring Grace Into Your Life
Presidential Advice to Keep Calm
My anger is as legendary as both my parents’ and I have worked to overcome it from as far back as I can remember. Until recently, I have only known about three other mothers who dealt with the same type of anger as I have. These other mothers spoke of the (1) fear of the anger … [Read more...] about Presidential Advice to Keep Calm
Blame & Shame
“You did it – it is your fault!” Many claim credit for positive things that occur; cleaning the bathroom mirror, feeding the dog or finding the answer to the riddle on page nine but nobody lays claim to anything negative. “I didn’t leave the milk sitting out!” “Those paper … [Read more...] about Blame & Shame
4 Steps to Becoming an AWE FULL Person
“The world is full of magic things, patiently waiting for our senses to grow sharper.” –W.B. Yeats I was sitting in a pastry shop with a new friend I had met just a few days before. We were talking about our businesses, sharing war stories about how we got started and where we … [Read more...] about 4 Steps to Becoming an AWE FULL Person