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Two minutes at the ticket counter. That is all it took to remind me. We were checking Lily in for a flight and there was a little issue with her ticket. It was so stressful and people were rushing everywhere and everyone seemed on edge. We had to rush back to the counter and it…

The weight of what we all carry actually takes my breath away sometimes if I think about it too hard. Those things we are struggling with that we carry through all our days and moments. Money problems that wake up at night as we run numbers again and again in our heads or worries about…

He’s the kid who never listens the first time. Or the second. Or even the tenth. You can pick him up out of the line up in the school hallways.  He’s the one who doesn’t walk in an orderly fashion. He runs or spins or stops in his tracks if something catches his eye. He…

Parenting teenagers is a joy beyond measure and also the hands-down hardest thing I have ever done in my life. It’s the kind of hard that twists your heart and squeezes out every drop of love and patience you have in you.   I thought having been a teenager myself this gig would be no…

This was one of them most fun gift guides to make! So you have a cat lover in your life? I am clearly here for you. We have four basically wonderful cats and here are all the things we bought for them this year. ENJOY! Cat bowls. These bowls are seriously the cutest thing in…

Stocking stuffers and gifts in general feel SO much harder for teen boys! But I am here to help…I cast a wide net in finding some things that teen or even tween boy in your life will love to find in his stocking. Some of these I have given before and others I am ordering…

Stocking stuffers are actually one of my favorite parts of Christmas. I loved, loved, loved my stocking growing up and liked to save it for last and found such joy in those little lip balms with the slide off covers and one year even a comb I could put in my back pocket that had…