Tag: Parenting

January 28, 20210Comments

Parenting: Helping your Children Learn Remotely

COVD-19 has thrown an extra loop into the everyday challenges you face while parenting. While some schools have started in-person classes again, many remain in a remote-online learning style. This is quite different from the typical drop them off at school or watch the bus pick them up to take them there. Your child(ren) learning…

Family Leadership Mental Health

Living Under Pressure

Living under tremendous stress is exhausting. When your loved one goes to prison, you feel like you are living in a pressure cooker. Stress levels continue to increase until you think you might explode from the pressure. When Ron was first taken to prison, I felt enormous pressure to fix everything and save my family. Every. Single.…

August 25, 20200Comments

Save it for a rainy day

A lot of us love to be outside, there are wide variety of options of things to do, especially for those of us who want to be active. However, rainy days happen and nobody can control the weather. But you can control what you choose to do when the weather keeps you inside. Here are…

August 3, 20200Comments

Family Mental Health

No Change

Hello Friends! I just came back from a trip to Kroger, and I am fuming. When I paid for my groceries, they informed me that they are not providing any coin change. I know what you are thinking, you are thinking I am making this up. I wish it were not true. My first thought was, "What?!?! You cannot…

July 20, 20200Comments

Family Cooking Ideas

The summer is officially in full swing. The weather is warmer, the air conditions are on, pools are opening up and the madness of COVID-19 is slowly starting to die down. One of the best parts of the summer is the tasty food that comes along with it. So what are the top 5 recipes…

June 29, 20200Comments

Mental Health

The New Normal

The outbreak of COVID-19 has changed the way we go about our daily lives. Many of us face challenges with our jobs, education, communicating with friends/family and many other challenges. What we are seeing is the beginning of a new normal. So what exactly is the new normal and how can we thrive in it?…

June 1, 20200Comments

Summer Activities in 2020

The cold weather is leaving and the warm weather is rolling in. That can only mean one thing, summer is officially here. 2020 has been off to an unexpected start with the COVID-19 outbreak, but states are starting to reopen which means people can begin to plan out their summer. So what are some fun…

May 27, 20200Comments

Family Leadership Mental Health

Coronavirus and How to Overcome it as a Family

We are in the middle of the most significant health crisis we have seen in our lifetimes. The United States declared a National Emergency. Coronavirus has created a pandemic that is disrupting all our lives. My blog today will focus on what you can do to mitigate the adverse effects on your family stability. Now, more than…

March 13, 20200Comments

Leadership Mental Health

Don’t Let It Pile Up

I have been thinking a lot about laundry today. I typically do my laundry every other day, and it has become a regular part of our family routine to fold and put away our clean clothes daily. But this past week, it got away from me. I did not wash one single load of laundry. There…

March 5, 20200Comments