Yesterday my son took a Christmas music box my mother gave him off the shelf and stared at it. He turned it on. He watched it. He’s eight years old. He’s a child who wants to act like a man. I knew what was going to happen before it happened – the way a mother […]
Holiday Shopping
Guest Post By Kara Wiegand I LOVE the holidays. I love the feeling I get when I picture my family sipping on hot chocolate, sitting around the Christmas tree illuminated by the perfect hue of holiday lights. Now, let’s be honest: as a wife and mother of two young girls (Avery & Bryn) and two […]
3 Stupid Easy Ways to Reduce Your Holiday To-Do List
I am constantly on the hunt for ways to make my life easier. If it works and it’s easier, I’m doing it! So, in honor of the season when we moms seem to make things stupid hard on ourselves I’m going to share my top three Stupid Easy Tips to reduce your Holiday To-Do […]
Welcome in the LIGHT!
Today is the Winter Solstice, which means it is the darkest day of the year. You can choose to see this as a day of letting go. Yes, we are in the middle of the holiday rush but today especially take time to see yourself. See what is sitting on your heart, holding you back […]
Won’t You Join the Band?
By MGAL Guest Theresa Robbins I must have been high. That has to be it. There’s simply no other explanation. Why else would I schedule shoulder surgery that would completely incapacitate my dominant arm for 2-3 weeks for less than 10 days before Christmas? Actually, when I made the decision, I was anything but high. […]