Happy Holidays! I am writing this at the time of year when we are thinking ahead to the holidays. Thanksgiving will soon be upon us, and we’ll have Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa and Festivus. No matter what holidays you celebrate, consider getting one of these essential […]

The  Busy Moms – Special Needs Summit Registration is Here! After many, many months of hard work and love, I’m so happy to announce registration for the Busy Moms – Special Needs Summit is open! This has been a labor of love. I want all […]

Covid-19 has been tough on so many of us. Economically, socially, physically and mentally. I have greater respect for my children’s teachers than ever before. Trying to help my youngest daughter and son through distance learning for the last marking period of the school year […]

Hello. Hello friends. I’m not going to lie, it’s been a while since I’ve written here.  The reason is I was diagnosed with mild depression. This has been the hardest year and half of my life in many ways. I’ve had a lot to be […]

5 must do things for emotional and social support of families with autism or other disabilities. How to combat the all-too-common afterthought situation and loneliness. What to do when you stop getting invites.

It’s Friday and time for weight check #3. As I type this I know the food I should be eating is a salad for lunch. I want to eat chips instead. For me eating better is often a meal by meal battle to eat what […]

Life lesson to overcome hard things. Challenges can be emotional or physical. We tell ourselves stories that may or not be true. Modify your story, your physical or emotional circumstance to overcome. Weight journey.

I just got back from an amazing blogging conference called Activate. It is run my Ruth Soukup’s and her amazing team at Elite Blog Academy/Living Well Spending Less. I got clarity on what I want to achieve here and how I want to move forward. […]

Did summer go by as quickly for you as it did for me? Are you happy with what you did and didn’t do? We started off with a bang in June with a large family reunion in Southern Utah near Zion National Park. It continued […]

Last week I woke up with a start with all of the things I had to do running through my brain.  I was feeling overwhelmed and wrote about how I cope with all the stress in the midst of overwhelm.  Lately it feels like I’ve […]