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  • My Surroundings

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    I am trying something new. I bought a book of writing prompts a few months back from 5Below to help jump start my creativity. The main reason why this blog was paused for so long, aside from the obvious business of caring for children, was the fact that I seemed to have a level of…

  • Four Year Update

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    A lot happened in 2020, aside from the global pandemic I mean. A lot happened in my family. Looking at the date of my last post I can give you a rundown of what else we experienced. Last but not least, while it didn’t happen in 2020 I feel it is important to add that…

  • Home Projects: Kitchen Refresh Part 1

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    The area of our house that we use the most is our kitchen. It was also probably the most outdated and gross part of our house. I was nervous to jump into a project that would limit my ability to use my kitchen. I watched an online summit that helped me realize that it would…

  • How to Combat Fear

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    I have had many struggles in my life, but one of the largest and hardest to defeat has been fear. I am talking about the type of fear that causes you to worry or obsess over a situation that you know is probably fine.

  • Self Care for Moms of Toddlers

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    I know “self care” is such a buzz word in 2019, but with good reason. It’s extremely important that in the rush of our world as it is today we remember to take care of ourselves. This is especially true for moms. So often we are taking care of everyone else. I know for myself,…

  • The Blessing of Help

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    I hope it doesn’t come across as complaining or bragging. Because what I really want to share is what a blessing it is to have help and to encourage everyone to accept help – good help – when you really need it.

  • Living Your Best Life

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    Live Your Best Life or LYBL – what a fun thing to say. We make all kinds of decisions and classify it by saying that we are living our best life. But what if we can’t? What if those decisions are made for us? Or what if everyone thinks you’re living your best life, but…

  • 4 Tips to Eating Out With Toddlers

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    We have never let having kids hold as back for getting out and doing things. In fact, at some times it seems like we do more now than we did when we had no children. One of things that we do on a fairly regular basis with our kids is eat out. And sometimes, it’s…

  • Grace to Trust

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    Trust. What a simple little word packed with so much meaning. A concept I’ve struggled with for so long. I was ten the first time someone betrayed my trust. It took close to five years before I truly forgave them and allowed myself to heal. By then it was happening again.

  • Family Travel: Pocono Mountain Villas Resort

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    We were looking for a resort in the Pocono Mountains in Pennsylvania with a full kitchen and three bedrooms. We ended up booking with Pocono Mountain Villas by Exploria Resorts for the first week of June. We were pleasantly surprised to show up and basically have a luxury condo!