Hands down, having my boys join the Boy Scouts of America has been one of the best decisions I’ve ever made.  It has literally been life-saving for my special needs kids. What will my child be able to do?  What are his/her limitations? How do […]

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.

Moms of special needs families need self love and care too. Our weight can cause us issues. Journey with me in life lessons as we try to get healthier and smarter.

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 […]

I’ll get back to my regular posting next week, but for now I’m enjoying time with my family on vacation. We went to Mount Vernon among other places and it’s been fun. I hope you are squeezing every last moment out of summer!

Today I’ve got the kids working on their summer assignments.  For my son Lawboy, this means hours practicing his violin and viola for the arts school he attends.  For my own homework, I’ve been working on creating videos.  I worked on this one a few […]

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 […]

They say tragedy plus time equals humor. They also say that laughter is the best medicine. I’ve also heard more than one motivational speaker suggest each of us look for humor in a situation. We need the humor-especially when we’re having one of those days. […]