This morning I was going for a run and I was listening, as I do usually do, to a podcast. I have a few favorites. I listen to Amy Porterfield for business stuff. For a good ass-kicking and a reminder to take ownership of all my decisions/words/actions/failures, I listen to Jocko Willink. And when I […]
spending time with your kids
Minutes with Mom
I’ve slipped back into a pattern where I’m hardly spending any one-on-one time with the kids. And I realize that it’s a little more difficult for me to do that with each kid on a regular basis than it may be for a family with one or two kids. But it’s still possible. I’m in […]
Less squandering. More participating.
I had one of those mornings. The kind where you get up too late, and then you are scrambling and you just can’t catch up. Where you are trying to fill out the permission slip you should taken care of the night before and then making the lunch for the kindergartener you should have made the […]
It’s 12 P.M. Have you said YES to your kids yet today?
I woke up much later than I wanted to this morning, and as a result, I was feeling rushed from the second I got up. So when I was making breakfast and Number 4 bounced into the kitchen and asked, “Mommy! CAN I HELP?” I immediately said… “NO.” I was trying to make banana bread […]