Easy Celebrations for Summer Enjoyment

How and when do you take time to celebrate in your family?  I know growing up we celebrated birthdays and family.  Mom took time for me to invite friends over for my birthday.  I have fond visual memories of friends around our dining room table, eating cake!  We also...

3 Tips for Navigating Motherhood with Adult Daughters

“Motherhood is a choice you make everyday, to put someone else’s happiness and well-being ahead of your own, to teach the hard lessons, to do the right thing even when you’re not sure what the right thing is…and to forgive yourself, over and...

Moms and Daughters – Continually Forging a Bond

“What’s your schedule like next week?” my daughter asked as we were fixing supper together.  Cooking together is often a way we bond.  She and her son were over at our house for the evening and we were enjoying some girl time while “Papa” and J were playing. Since I...

3 Ways to Handle Christmas Anticipation

One of the biggest holidays of the year is almost here.  Is your to-do list almost your done list? What are you anticipating in the next few days?  Family? Flurry? Stress? Joy? Sadness? Anxiety? How are you handling the “It’s almost here”?  How does anticipation...