I don't know how many people I have talked to lately who have said "I go straight from drinking coffee to drinking wine". It's so easy to forget to take care of yourself when you are juggling your job, your family, being a full time chef, and a full time teacher. A few weeks ago, …
No News is Good News.
As a openly admitting news junkie, I can't believe I am about to write this: TRY AND LIMIT YOUR EXPOSURE TO THE NEWS RIGHT NOW. If you are feeling overwhelmed or unable to cope with life at the present moment, filling your brain up with MORE things you cannot control is not a good thing. …
You are allowed to Grieve.
One thing I have heard over and over again in the last few weeks is “ I know I shouldn’t be upset about this, so many people have lost so much…” Sometimes it feels like we are not allowed to be sad because other people have it worse than us. But if you follow that …
Emotions are Calories.
Our bodies are like machines. We require a fuel to work. Everything that goes on in our bodies, our emotions, our thoughts, our systems and processes, all run off of calories. Emotions may not be exactly calories, per se, but burning calories helps release that itchy overwhelmed feeling in your mind.  Exercise is good …
Don’t Should on Yourself
Social media right now is FULL of ‘shoulds’. People posting their amazing homeschool adventures, starting gardens, doing impressive home improvement projects, sewing 509 masks, making sourdough everything, and having precious family time... and meanwhile you are trying to get the slime out of your daughter’s hair while your other two are calling each other poop …
The Sabbath We Didn’t Expect
It's been a long few weeks since last Saturday. I haven't driven my van for 5 days. That never happens. Now that I'm thinking about it, I should probably go check that there is not a Gogurt or something rotting away inside of it. The world has changed. In ways that would have seemed inconceivable …
Bacon & Egg Spaghetti
Our family has littles. Which means, inevitably, we have picky eaters. It's tough to find a dinner option that my kids will accept, that has an acceptable amount of veggies for me. Bacon & Egg Spaghetti (or Carbonara for those over age 10) is one of those options...  Italy's answer to Brinner is tasty, …
Grow Anyway
This is the time of year when the daffodils bloom. Slowly, optimistically, they poke their spring green leaves out from the soil. Then one day their sunshine yellow blossoms burst like popcorn into the world. Inevitably, there is a frost. A snow shower, a hard freeze. And people, right on cue, shake their heads sadly …
Who are you really?
We all do it. Meeting someone for the first time- it automatically pops out of our mouth... So what do you do? It seems natural, we want to get to know someone better, and the words tumble out. Usually the response comes in the form of what a person does for a living. But that's …
Driving into the Fog
This morning our world woke up hazy. Blanketed in a pea soup fog that made the landscape- and our emotions- feel fuzzy around the edges. As the sun began to burn off the mist, all you could see in the road ahead was a thick, illuminated blanket of cloud. Not the safest driving conditions, but …
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