Tag: thankful
A Season of Gratitude
With the holiday season fast approaching, I find myself getting caught up in the busyness and consumerism that so often surrounds it. My thoughts...
Overcoming My Mom Brain: Keeping a Gratitude Journal
Journal writing was never one of my strong suits. As a teenager I would write in it periodically, basically whenever I found it in...
Joyful in All Circumstances: 9 Strategies for Choosing Joy
It is January–a brand new year. For many, it is a time of making resolutions and setting goals. I am not usually one for...
20 Things I Want My Children to Understand About Christmas
“What’s on your Christmas list this year?”
It’s a question that I have heard regularly all month long. I’ve been asked by my husband, my...
Thank a Teacher Today
Before I was a blogger, I was a teacher. And before I was a teacher, I was a student. And when I was a...
How to BAKE a Difference
I always seem to count my blessings more consciously this time of year -- with Thanksgiving just around the corner we are surrounded by...
Movies and Moments that Matter
With November in full swing, it’s customary to say what we’re thankful for. Pinterest is buzzing with different activities and ways to demonstrate our...
I Want It All
Children have a very special way of acting as mirrors. Through their eyes and expression we can see all of our worst habits and...
Our Thankful Tree, a Family Thanksgiving Craft
Thanksgiving is the time of year that we reflect on what we have to be thankful for. As a mom I try hard to...
The Deepest Kind of Gratitude: A Letter to Our Child’s Birth...
November: the beautiful month full of life’s little pleasures. You can watch squirrels so diligently gather and hide acorns for the winter, see wild...