Life Lesson: Celebrate the “moms” in Your Village

In honor of Mother’s Day we are celebrating some of the awesome “moms” in our village. This is just a very small part of the wonderful people who actually admit to being part of our posse and have allowed us to take photos.  There are so many more amazing friends, family and neighbors who are major parts…

Thankful Thursday: Happy Mother’s Day!

This weekend we will celebrate Mother’s Day and as I began to think about all the moms out there I realized that I won’t be with two of my girls this weekend. Karma kicks me in the butt all the time! I haven’t even seen my own mom on Mother’s Day in 23 years. Some…

Brainstorming Goals

I have been taking a class the last few months on visioning. The entire class centered around creating a 5-year plan for ourselves. We spent weeks brainstorming our goals. The end result was to be 6 BIG, HAIRY, AUDACIOUS GOALS (BHAGS). For the record, these are not just your run of the mill aspirations, like…

Thankful Thursday: Hold My Hand

My poor, sweet 13-year-old baby had the flu last week. She was so sick that most of those nights I slept with her. It started with a sore throat and crocodile tears on Sunday morning. By Tuesday she was actually begging to see the doctor. That was my first sign that things were not improving…