What I Want You to Know is a series of reader submissions. It is an attempt to allow people to tell their personal stories, in the hopes of bringing greater compassion to the unique issues each of us face. If you would like to submit a story to this series, click here. Today’s guest post is by Lexi. As a foster parent, the number one excuse people give me for why they could never be a foster parent is “I could never let the children go.” This reasoning has always . . .
Family fun in Orange County
This post is sponsored by Trover. Living in Orange County, it's easy to forget to really indulge in the beauty around us. We live in a beautiful vacation destination that people from all over the world come to enjoy, but it's so tempting to get caught up in everyday life that we forget to stop and enjoy our local attractions. I've written before about our tendency to only do the fun things in our community when we have out-of-town visitors, and how we've been trying to be . . .
What I want you to know about adopting a special needs child
What I Want You to Know is a series of reader submissions. It is an attempt to allow people to tell their personal stories, in the hopes of bringing greater compassion to the unique issues each of us face. If you would like to submit a story to this series, click here. Today’s guest post is by an anonymous writer. Shortly after our son came home from Africa at 8 months old we knew that he was not neurotypical, but we didn't know to what extent. We had him evaluated . . .
Mama Said: Married with children with single friends
One of the questions we got for our latest Mama Said videos was to talk about moms having single friends. So we did. Shout out to Heather Barmore . . . check out her post on the topic here. . . .
An open letter to criminals about our current vacation status
We are currently in Florida visiting with friends and family for a week and a half, and I've had some concerned messages from well-meaning blog readers about the wisdom of posting about the fact that our home is empty. I guess you're not supposed to mention when you go on vacation on the internet. You know, in case some would-be criminals are reading and decide to rob your house while you are gone.Well, just in case someone is tempted to burglarize our house sometime in the next week or so, . . .
Friday Finds
1. Camel Francine Bucket Bag | Zulily 2. Divvied Cable Cardi | Anthropologie 3. Orange Color-block Cascade Necklace | Greenola Style | Toms 4. Brackitz | Wood Block Connectors 5. Gratitude Is A Funny Thing by Kathy Walsh | Amazon 6. Bentgo | Kid's Lunch Box 7. Veggie Harvest™ cold-pressed juice | Jamba Juice 8. Large Yellow Hanging Airplant Planter | mudpuppy | Etsy 9. Chicken Stew with Butternut Squash & Quinoa | Cookincanuck.com 1. Joelle . . .
Organizing our technology
This post was sponsored by BlueLounge for Target. There are a lot of challenges that come with living in the technological age… the demands on our time of being constantly reachable, the potential distraction from being present, and the unique challenges of monitoring kids and their time on screens. But one of the aspects of our tech use that continues to allude me is how to store all of our devices. Ironically, I would consider us a pretty low-tech family. But with four kids and two . . .
What I want you to know about sexual abuse
What I Want You to Know is a series of reader submissions. It is an attempt to allow people to tell their personal stories, in the hopes of bringing greater compassion to the unique issues each of us face. If you would like to submit a story to this series, click here. Today’s guest post is by an anonymous writer. Three years ago, I became a statistic.Three years ago, my life changed.Three years ago, I was sexually abused.Rewind to 2001. My grandfather passed away . . .
Christmas snapshots
We had a nice, mellow Christmas this year. We often travel on Christmas, so it was so nice to have the day at home to just do what we wanted. None of my kids believe in Santa anymore, but as you can see that hasn’t stifled their enthusiasm. We have mastered the art of dragging out Christmas morning - a skill I learned from my mom. First the big unwrapped gifts. Then stockings. Then breakfast. Finally, at 11am, we're ready to open presents. One of the big gifts this year was . . .
What I want you to know about depression
What I Want You to Know is a series of reader submissions. It is an attempt to allow people to tell their personal stories, in the hopes of bringing greater compassion to the unique issues each of us face. If you would like to submit a story to this series, click here. Today’s guest post is by Crystal Brothers. The most important thing I want you to know about depression is this: It is an illness. Depression is not a sin. A person with depression . . .
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