Time Management

Many people, although they time manage their day, really don’t time manage their life.  In order to really manage your time you need to set goals for 1, 3, 5, 10, and 20 years.  Once you do this activity, you work from back to front. For instance, if you have a 20...

Take A Load Off

I was ready to pull out my hair; I was so frustrated. Events of the day, busyness at work, and fighting between my two little ones had me at my wits’ end. I remember calling my husband at work in my distress. I was leaning against the refrigerator, when I smacked my...

5 ways we do what we do

As Andrew and I were driving home one evening, just the two of us, we had time to talk about everything under the sun. At one point in our conversation he asked me if I ever had someone ask me how we make life work with two boys under age two, working in two separate...

Even on an airplane, He is with us

I was nine years younger when I boarded the final plane that would end our thirty-hour journey to Yerevan, Armenia. I remember stepping on to that plane and walking down an aisle to see seats filled with Armenians – each man appeared to don the same black leather...

Does This Make Me Look Fat?

I recently saw a Facebook post of a teen girl that read, “Ten Prettiest girls?” Very lovingly and big-sister-like, I commented on her wall, “Comparison is the thief of joy. Just sayin’.” And after my post, it hit me in my gut; I do that all the time. Does this make me...