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...
If you need your adult children to eventually care for you, then that should factor into an equation NOW. I've been thinking about something for a while now that I'd like to just say. It's going to be a bit of a rant, and I may not sound very sympathetic. But I think...
Keith and I have been in the RV for a week and I have made a significant discovery! First, though, I'm not going to have a normal post up today. I'm in vacation mode and couldn't think of anything about marriage to write about. Rebecca, however, has already written...
Can we appreciate the small things? I'm sitting in our RV right now, typing this. We're sitting by a small, manmade lake in Jacksonville, Florida, surrounded by a bunch of snowbirds (those are mostly Canadians and northern US retirees who come down to Florida for the...
Is life just passing you by? Our third podcast is now live! And it's available everywhere you normally listen to podcasts--iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher, etc. Today we're covering video game use, living a big life, and even how to rebuild trust after an affair. Listen...
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...
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...
"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...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
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...