Playing small serves nobody!

I had this aha moment this morning.

It only came to me after watching this video clip, from the movie Sing, 967 times. My daughter Natalie and I jam to this video. Like get-up-and-dance-like-nobody-is-watching kinda...

I know, I know ... not the most appropriate tittle considering the dialogue that usually takes place around the words "size doesn't matter." But, hey - I'm here to tell you that the size inside your clothes doesn't and shouldn't matter.

I am a...

As a mother of an almost four year old, I get nervous what will come out of her mouth. Kids at this age have no filter, are very inquisitive and observant which gives us adults an opportunity to educate their little minds.

I often worry that I...

When frustration turns into appreciation ...

8/4/18: during the hour of 6:45 - 7:45pm -- a moment I won’t forget.

After a 25 minute, back breaking, bent-over-the-crib-to-tickle-to-sleep situation - I crept out the room in complete stealth...

Until one has experienced the undying love of an animal, part of one's heart remains unawakened. 

This blog is completely devoted to learning what love is. I've always said (before having kids) that no-one loves me more than my kitty, Diezel....

Today on my heart is LOVE. On days like today, Valentine's Day, I always find myself remembering the hurt I felt, the love I so badly wished for and the strength I found. It's heart-hurting and heart-warming all at the same time.  

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Dear Heather,

I am your persistence and I need you to know all the ways that you continue on even though some days, it seems like it would be so much easier to give up. This is what you must remember during those hard times ...

YOU ARE A MOTHER.

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Why, as parents, do we not have the choice to say what our child should be offered for food and drink at preschool without a doctor's slip?!

Let me slow my roll for a quick second ...

Here is the back story - my daughter Nyla who is a sassy,...