6 Ways To Raise Kind Children

6 Ways To Raise Kind Children

  Be kind yourself. That’s the start. I think we can all agree on that, right? Not as easy as it sounds, especially if we did not grow up with the greatest role models. My husband grew up with yellers. Everything sounded like an argument, even if it...
Hey, Mom! Can You Handle The Truth?

Hey, Mom! Can You Handle The Truth?

A vacation, when we’re really lucky, gives a family the opportunity to bond, share old memories and make new ones. That was my hope for our recent family trip to the mountains. Now that my kids are young adults, my son is twenty-one and my daughter 19, (Yikes!)...
Pushing Through Fear

Pushing Through Fear

The mountain in the photo here is Sundance Mountain in Rocky Mountain National Park. It’s a sentimental favorite because we hiked it just about every year with my Dad from childhood to just two years before he died. After he passed away we took some of his ashes...