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After a long day of work I find myself longing for the sweet bedtime ritual I share with my kids. We start to quiet things down, read a story, draw in their dream journals and talk about their days or things we’re looking forward to. Yet, even with all this serenity in place, fears of bad dreams can still invade a peaceful evening. READ MORE >>

My daughter very sweetly made this heart collage for my husband and me for Valentine’s Day. I hung it over our bed. It serves as a nice reminder for us of what’s supposed to happen there once the kids are asleep, the dogs are walked, the lunches are packed, the clothes are set out… ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ. Whoops! READ MORE >>

I did a bad, bad thing. When I found out I was having a baby girl, I went out and bought beautiful dresses for her, beautiful dresses that often came with hefty price tags. I literally bought a three-year supply over the course of six months.  READ MORE >>

This weekend my daughter and I were enjoying a handful of pistachios which later turned into many handfuls of pistachios. My daughter began to stare intensely at the pile of shells we had created and then announced excitedly, “These shells are shaped like petals! Let’s make flowers out of them!“ So, we gathered paper scraps, crayons & colored pencils, glue and got started… READ MORE >>

By the time the first precious sonogram image of my son was handed to me I had already endured two years of trying to get pregnant, a miscarriage and two failed IVF treatments. I clung to this flimsy sheet of paper with its meager outline of my son’s sweet head and stared at it every chance I got. READ MORE >>

As a parent I love when I find opportunities that help illustrate the beauty of “The Golden Rule." It’s for this reason that I love the book, “Fill A Bucket: A Guide to Daily Happiness for the Young Child” by Carol McCloud, Katherine Martin & David Messing. I designed a craft project to do with my kids that I thought was a nice compliment to the book.  READ MORE >>