Unfortunately, many children must face devastating events during their childhood. Thankfully, these events don’t have to be as tragic and disheartening as they often seem. Our family experienced this firsthand when we lost our home in the 8th largest wildfire in California history. The Carr Fire destroyed almost 1100 homes in July 2018.   Although […]

How Are You Feeling, Momma?   Sometimes we are sent a person who we know didn’t come into our life by chance.   Sometimes we read a book or have a discussion that changes the way we think.   How Are You Feeling, Momma and its authors are exactly these things.   I became familiar […]

Calming the School Morning Rush   By: Emily Scott, PhD     Another morning of begging our TKer and first-grader to eat something before school. Another morning of rushing to get dressed. Another morning of running out the door by 7:30. Another morning of getting frustrated that a school water bottle was left outside. After […]

Book Review of The Messy Life of Parenting By: Lori Wildenberg   There are few people I have come across who have a true heart for helping others, coupled with knowledge and compassion as they reach out to other’s hearts. Lori Wildenberg is one of those people. Because of these characteristics, I jumped at the […]

We all have different paths to motherhood. Whether we like our path or not, we are set on a course designed for us. Sometimes our path is easy, and others are more difficult. We are often taught lessons we don’t want to learn and experience setbacks that break our hearts. Often, we find ourselves wishing […]