Have you ever felt like your personal identity isn’t yours anymore? Like you’ve lost sight of who you are? I’m not exactly sure when it happened. One minute I was me. Next minute, ‘who’s this?’. Somewhere between saying ‘yes’ and having my first child, I lost her. Me. And if you’re like me, you’re not even […]
6 Ways to Boost Your Health for Exhausted Mamas
With so many things clamouring for our time and attention, how’s a busy mom to fit in taking care of herself? If you’re like many moms, chances are your health is way down on the bottom of your list. Right there under that growing laundry pile. I know, trying to follow health tips feels like […]
How to Win and Keep Your Child’s Heart
Ever wished there was someone walking beside you, holding your hand and telling you that you’ll make it through this roller-coaster ride called parenting? Some practical parenting tips might be just what you need to hold you back from that proverbial ledge. You see, just when I think I have one stage figured out, it’s as if someone snatches the rug from under […]
Lessons from an Eight-Year Old on Being a Woman
“Whew”, I thought. “Now this one will be easy”. That was my reaction when I first found out we were having a girl — a little sister to our soon to be 2-year old boy. Somehow, I held in my mind the image of boys running wild, catching lizards (yikes!) and breaking everything in their […]
How to Put a New Spring in Your Step: The joy of new beginnings
Today is a beautiful Spring day and I’ve been inspired to write about new beginnings. Whether it’s a new week, new month or new year — no matter the season — we can be witnesses to the joy of new beginnings. We get to choose the attitude that we will have today and any day […]