by Gillian | May 26, 2019 | Blog, Mind
Staycation: The Perfect Family Getaway Have you ever taken a “staycation?” The dictionary defines a staycation as “a vacation spent in one’s home country rather than abroad, or one spent at home and involving day trips to local...
by Gillian | May 8, 2019 | Blog, Mind
The One Thing I Want for Mother’s Day Of course we all treasure the misshapen pottery bowls and tissue paper and pipe cleaner flowers we receive. Those are the special gifts and memories, proudly presented with cards with “Happy Mother’s Day” written in their...
by Gillian | Feb 28, 2019 | Blog, Mind
I Have To vs. I Get To Twice in the last week, I have woken up on the wrong side of the bed. Not literally (that would be weird), but figuratively. Big feelings of overwhelm and stress, of apprehension and dread for the day to come. Not an awesome way to attack the...
by Gillian | Feb 18, 2019 | Blog, Mind
The Power of YES I feel like I’m in a cycle of NO. Our son is in a particularly challenging season of life right now, figuring out his own pre-teen stuff while we also navigate his ADHD and ASD diagnoses. Between his stuff and the constant bickering between him...
by Gillian | Nov 21, 2018 | Blog
The Myth of Getting it Right I’ve been hearing from moms a lot that their biggest concern when it comes to being a mom is “getting it right.” This completely resonates and breaks my heart at the same time. We are SO hard on ourselves. Whether...
by Gillian | Oct 28, 2018 | Blog
Ditching the Highlight Reel Where it all Begins … with Poop. I didn’t know. No one had told me. I thought something was wrong. WHY didn’t anyone tell me that this was a thing? Why don’t new moms talk about things like this? And why in this world of over-sharing on...
