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Lessons From My 11-Year-Old

October 1, 2020 by not your average mom 3 Comments

I don’t know if you remember, but back in March when we were 15 days into the Pandemic and the kids were really over winter and couldn’t wait to go swimming, I wrote this post. They were so desperate to be in a pool that they had filled up a garbage can with water and […]

Filed Under: Lessons I've Learned, Life at My House Tagged With: gratitude, perspective, summer, transitions

Something To Read And The Four Gift Rule

November 22, 2019 by not your average mom Leave a Comment

About 5 years ago when we were really struggling financially, I had an a-ha moment. I realized that the more my kids had, the less they appreciated it. And that was when we adopted the four gift rule at Christmas. You know — something you want, something you need, something to wear, and something to […]

Filed Under: Life at My House Tagged With: Christmas, gratitude, the four Christmas gift rule, the robes

Mom, How Was Your Day Today?

November 20, 2019 by not your average mom 5 Comments

Number 4 and I have a pretty good relationship. She’s 13 now, and she still likes to talk to me and hang out with me and do stuff with me. That makes me feel pretty good about the job I’ve done as a mom so far. She also describes me as “chill” to her friends […]

Filed Under: Lessons I've Learned, Parenting Tagged With: gratitude, parenting teenagers, positive attitude

A Little Reminder

May 27, 2018 by not your average mom 1 Comment

I’m not really sure what the actual order of events has been in this whole process, but I coached a little girl for about a year up until I quit a couple months ago and this little girl also happens to be in the same class as Number 6, and I think the mom may […]

Filed Under: Exercise, Lessons I've Learned, Parenting, Sound Mind Sound Body Tagged With: complaining, gratitude, Hartford marathon, inspiration, macroburst, marathon, motivation, perspective

A New Day, A New Month, A New Year, And A New Perspective

December 31, 2017 by not your average mom 3 Comments

2017 has been, as all years are, full of ups and downs. On New Year’s Day, my family started off the year in a stable financial situation for the first time in about five years. At the end of January, I was able to go to Florida for a conference where I became a certified […]

Filed Under: Lessons I've Learned, Life at My House, Mental Health, Parenting, Sound Mind Sound Body Tagged With: 2017, 2018, gratitude, happy new year, New year

An Inside Job

November 29, 2017 by not your average mom 4 Comments

Three months ago I committed to the daily practice of gratitude. At first, it did not feel normal. It was forced. It felt fake. But that saying Fake it til you make it is a saying for a reason, I guess. This daily gratitude practice isn’t a big time commitment. It takes maybe a minute or […]

Filed Under: Lessons I've Learned, Mental Health, Parenting, Self Care, Sound Mind Sound Body Tagged With: domino effect, gratitude, habit, happiness, journal, marriage, mindset, office, practice gratitude

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