How do you set boundaries on how much help you can reasonably give to aging parents? This week I'm re-running a series I wrote a few years ago. We started yesterday talking about how parents should really try to help their adult children who will be caring for them...
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Is Your Husband Spending too Much Time Playing Video Games?
Are video games stealing your husband--and your marriage? One of the things I really wanted to talk about this January, as we start a new year, is how the habits we have can stop us from living a big life. I shared this picture of a poinsettia that I saw in Costa Rica...
10 Things You Must Bookmark This Christmas
Christmas is fun, family, faith, busyness, chaos--and so much more! And I've written a ton about Christmas on the blog.Today, as we're gearing up for Christmas, I thought I'd share 10 of the most important Christmas posts that you'll want to bookmark to return to over...
What a Harvard Study Tells Us About the Only Real Way to Find Happiness
"If you were to invest now in your future best self, where would you put your time and your energy?" That's the question Robert Wadlinger asks in this awesome TED Talk about happiness. In my quest to THINK more and VEG less, I've been trying to replace...
Top 10 Things I Will ALWAYS Hate Doing
I once heard that the definition of maturity is deciding to do things you don't want to do because they need to get done. If that's the case, then I'm super mature. Because I feel like I spend a lot of time doing things I have to psyche myself up for. In fact, I think...
Christmas Letter to an Adult Child
This is my 21st Christmas as a mom. A lot of them blur together, but I remember the lead up and excitement for Christmas. Setting up the Christmas tree with the girls; planning what we're going to buy for their cousins. I remember all the Christmas traditions we had,...
On Tragedy, Compassion, and What I Want to Be Remembered For
My grandfather lived to be 95 years old. When he died, unlike most senior citizens, most of the people at his funeral were actually quite young. That's because his neighbours all loved him. For decades he had been looking after their yards and fixing their roofs and...
Do We Ever Think Back on Our Story?
I hope you're enjoying a wonderful Labour Day weekend! For most of my fellow Canadians, school starts again tomorrow. So this is the last day of summer! Just a quick announcement today about a radio interview, and then a thought I'm having. The announcement: I'm the...
Friday Round-Up: Submission, Hormones, and More!
Hello everybody! It's time for my Friday Round-Up, where I tell you what happened on the blog this week, what's been trending on social media, and give you a sneak peek into my life behind the scenes. So here we go! The #1 Articles on Facebook, Pinterest, and the Blog...