When You Want Something Different For Your Kids

Do you want a different life for your kids than what you have experienced so far, single momma? Read and put into practice these seven steps, and life will be different for your kids. I guarantee it. SEVEN: Forgive those who hurt you. Hurting people hurt people. It’s...

Changing (cough, cough) Family Traditions

Change a family tradition? You’ve got to be kidding. Wouldn’t it be easier to swim a snake-infested river? Climb an icy crag during a blizzard? Fly without an airplane? Adjusting a tradition that has been in a family for years sounds next to impossible, at least until...

Listening to Him

I was prepping for my annual guests last summer – a car full of women from Iowa arriving to talk, walk, shop, and eat for three days. We first bonded during the parenting years, in adjoining foxholes, during the “parenting war.” We would slip each other intel – often...

Repurpose, Recycle, Rejoice!

“What do you do with all that stuff?” I asked my dad. He’s lived on the same farm since the mid 60’s and has managed to acquire a few things. We walked through his shop, the barn, his storage shed, the garage, and the basement of the house—for starters. I was on...

Don’t You Dare

Sheryl Sandberg, widow of Facebook CEO Dave Sandberg, posted on Facebook after 30 days of mourning the loss of her husband, “A friend is filling in for Dave, attending activities with our children. He is Option B. But I want Option A. I will always mourn Option A.” At...