It feels great to buy a product with a purpose. However, when you have bills to pay and babies to raise and meals to cook and reports to submit and fill in your blank, we know we can’t do everything with perfect intent. Committing to buying intentionally is an investment. Products with purpose are likely… Read More Do Good Gift Guide
Around the time my daughter was 3 years old I was cleaning up around the house. I asked if she could put away her hair tie in the drawer. She opened the drawer and put it in. One step ahead of my toddler, I instinctually closed the drawer for her. But this offended her! I… Read More Why What You Do Matters
My heart is heavy as I read news updates on my phone. The news I read is traumatizing. Things I can’t un-see and stories I can’t un-know. Some days I’ve gotten used to the headlines and other days my heart feels like it’s simply going to burst. Perhaps, you know the issues. Headlines are flooding… Read More Does What I Do Matter?
Pay attention to what makes you cry, I’ve heard. Constantly at the verge of tears, I sat in an auditorium in Nashville. There was so much fear in the unknown of Down syndrome. I listened to a couple with Down syndrome talk about their marriage, their experiences, and, ultimately their worth. We’ll get back to… Read More Down Syndrome + Fear
When Incredibles 2 came available for sale we happily added it to our iTunes movies. The superhero saving kept me on the edge of my seat and I loved the storylines that ran through this Disney/Pixar film. (This post does include spoilers, so please stop reading now if you want to be surprised.) I especially… Read More Three Reasons Why I Loved Incredibles 2 (And One That I Don’t)
The valedictorian took the podium. She was blonde, young, and her voice was shook as she spoke. She shared about her time in high school, a teacher who believed in her, and an inspiring quote. A few minutes later the evening’s guest speaker took the stage and I couldn’t help but see a parallel. Two… Read More It’s Not Them, It’s You
Everyone wants to be special, but no one wants to be different. Everyone want to be special because special stands out and is exalted and honored and celebrated. Different is isolated and defensive and weird. Special is noticed and adored. But, standing out when you’re different, that’s another story. Special is always the ‘us’ —… Read More Everyone Wants to Be Special
“If I can do it, all of you can do it.” I sat at a table taking notes as a public speaker said these words to a room full of women. “If I can do it, all of you can do it!” The audience applauded, glowing at the speaker’s words. This speaker was gifted, driven,… Read More ‘If I Can Do It’
My ‘trying to conceive’ story took 16 months. That’s almost 500 days. Looking back on that year and a half, we had a lot going on with our families, jobs, household, and finances. That was the last year of my life that I didn’t own the title ‘mom.’ I find it important to continue to share… Read More Before I Was Mom
A mother and daughter stood in front of a bookshelf looking at 500 children’s books. First they remove books with no male characters. Only three are removed. Next, they remove all the books with no female characters. Now they take 76 off the shelf. They take off another 141 books, representing books where female characters… Read More My Favorite Children’s Books for Girls
