Posts Tagged ‘Family’
What I learned when I took my kids to BlogHer
I did something a little crazy. I took both of my kids to the BlogHer conference in San Jose. I attended the conference to reach out to bloggers as a part of my job at AARP and I attended as a leader of the Special Needs Birds of a Feather Mini-Conference. Both of those reasons…
Read More +On The Road with Peace of Mind
I’m in Boston this week. It’s so beautiful here and I can say I went to my first game at Fenway Park last night. I am so lucky to have a job that allows me to work at home when I’m not traveling. But when I’m on the road, I try as hard as I…
Read More +Saying Goodbye to Daddy Junior
Today we’re visiting our family in Kentucky to say goodbye to a very special person, Jordan’s great-grandpa, Daddy Junior. He was 93 years old when he lost his battle to complications from breaking his hip. I feel incredibly lucky Jordan was able to spend time and absorb his love for eight years. I don’t remember…
Read More +Showing our #DisneySide at Disney World and at Home
We are now a two weeks back in reality after spending five days at Disney World to take part in the Walt Disney World Marathon Weekend. If you’ve noticed, we have a long history of going to Disney World. Jordan celebrated her first, third, fifth and seventh birthdays there. Yes, she’ll be there for her…
Read More +Jumping into the New Year with a Challenge
I am never motivated to run in the winter… Until now. This week, I’m taking the family to Walt Disney World to experience our first Marathon Weekend. I’m running in the half marathon while Jordan and Cameron run in a one mile kids race (mainly because the 5K sold out before I thought about signing…
Read More +Little Moments Missed
I’m away again for work this week, and I had to leave the kids before our season’s first snow. We are incredibly lucky to have neighbors who were willing to juggle our kids with theirs while Randy and I were out of town. (I was leaving and Randy was working his way home after a…
Read More +Puppy Love is in the Air
We lost our old dog, Dudley, to old age a month ago. It’s been a month where all four of us have felt a little empty without a dog in the household. One of my neighbors had noticed the dog hunger in our eyes and let us dog sit her one-year-old golden doodle over the…
Read More +Visualizing the Word 'Thankful'
Disclosure: I am a member of the Everywhere Society & Everywhere provided me with compensation for this post about Macy’s. However, all thoughts and opinions expressed from here on are my own. Over the weekend, I woke up before the rest of the family and and a chance to just sit down and enjoy the quiet of the house. I realize…
Read More +An Unplanned Goodbye
Fourteen years ago, I was a new parent. I was a few months into being a dog mom. I took the job very seriously. Our dog, Dudley, attended puppy kindergarten and we made sure he greeted neighborhood children each morning so he could get acclimated around kids before we had our own. He was a…
Read More +An awesome Born Just Right meet up in Chicago
What happens when you ask a bunch of awesome people who read Born Just Right if they want to hang out? Well, more than 40 people end up meeting at the Chicago Children’s Museum! I’m so thrilled by how many people braved the Chicago traffic to spend time with Born Just Right families. Check out…
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