When You’re Over-Scheduled and Exhausted
About a year and a half ago some friends and I decided we wanted to go see a movie together. We were sitting on the back porch after dinner, and a new, popular “mom” movie came up in conversation. There…
When You Can’t Find the Balance
My youngest daughter has a new phrase she likes to throw around. “Can’t you spare a few minutes for your child?” She likes to use it when I’m working on something of my own and she needs me to do…
Living in the Land of Just in Time
Lately I find myself living in the Land of Just in Time. That’s the place where there are so many things on my schedule, so much going on, and so many thoughts and plans and reminders running through my head…
How my daughter taught me to slow down
Some days I find myself running from the time I wake up until I collapse into bed at the end of the day. Between school, meetings, work, errands, extracurricular activities, housework, and just life, it feels like I’m constantly hurrying…