When I lived in Rhode Island our family rented an amazing house from the nicest couple, Scott and Lynn, we have ever had as landlords. After a rocky start to house hunting there, we were blessed with a huge house that was next to a lake, that had a pool, and that was even on …
A few weeks ago I watched Disney’s The Kid. Wow! Who knew a Disney movie could change my life! I haven’t seen this movie since it first came out over twenty years ago. When I first saw it I remember thinking it was a cute movie and nothing more. This time it was a completely …
Frequently I talk to clients who find out that someone important in their life –spouse, child, sibling, parent– has being hiding something from them. Usually they feel betrayed, they wonder if they will ever be happy again, or they feel alone, like they are the only person in the world experiencing a betrayal of some …
This new year has already made history! Before the new year began I kept reading how people were hoping for a better 2021 and ready to get rid of 2020. As I was contemplating what people were saying about 2020, I read a post by a man who talked about how he had endured way …
One of the most valuable tools we can teach as parents is how to help children manage scary thoughts. As a child I was terrified of fire. Just ask my parents! My mom said at about 18-months-old she put me in a play pen in front of our fire place (that had the doors closed) …
What a crazy past few months it’s been! I purposefully gave myself some compassion during these months of cancelled school, COVID-19, and my husband’s deployment. I packed up for about a month and headed to my home state of Montana to spend time with my parents and wait for time to pass. About a month …
I realized the other day that being a military spouse of 18 years has prepared me to know how to deal with being quarantined in the house with my seven kids. Now I get to do both deployment and quarantine! Sweet! Part of military life is never knowing what is going to happen. You wait …
My mom says that my children, when they are toddlers, are more challenging than others. I have no idea since I’m not raising anyone else’s children, however, I’ve taken to telling myself “This too shall pass” as I am now raising two three-year-olds, plus 3 teenagers and two elementary age children. The older 5 are …
A couple of days ago I went to the store to get ingredients for birthday cakes for two of my children. I was astounded to see that cake mixes, frosting, donuts, and candy had been ransacked during this initial feeling of panic about COVID-19. I was a little worried. Maybe people are making sure they …
Last summer I posted a little bit about my husband being deployed. I thought I had deployments down back then! I was totally wrong! It looks like I needed a little bit more growth in the deployment area because my husband deployed again right before this virus started going crazy in the US. So here …
