Remember how I put out there a couple months ago that I had this Big Idea and I was SO excited but couldn’t tell anyone about it yet? Here it is, kids! After 19 years, I am leaving Blank Children’s Hospital on a full-time basis. I am going to be running summer camps for kids and doing wellness coaching, leading…
I missed my blog post last week. Why? Dance Mom Hangover. It’s a thing. In the summer it’s known as County Fair Mom Hangover. I’m sure that this applies to any activity that your kid is in that takes up a lot of time on the weekend and results in late nights, poor food choices, and general exhaustion. Cheer, baseball,…
The beginning of this school year brought many changes for our household. In addition to the college kid being gone, the high schooler now had a school permit and was a varsity cheerleader. These may not seem like big things, but it was an adjustment for all of us. Since big sister is not here to drive, it’s back to…
As many of you know, I sent a “child” off to college about a month ago. Since that time, we have all been adjusting to to not having her here in the house all the time and figuring out our new normal and our new routine. She is adjusting to living away from us, not having a car all the…
Recently my 16 year old has been dealing with a break-up from a boy that she really liked. I mean really, really liked. They hadn’t been seeing each other very long (and I don’t even know that they would call it “seeing each other”), but the separation hurt. To add salt to the wound, he has been less-than-decent since and…