I will kick off the series "Pen > Paper > Heart" with: “Letter to a Working Mom”: Dear Working Mom, I see you here every morning, at our favorite over-priced coffee shop. We get here at the same time and you always order the same drink and breakfast sandwich. You look so well put View Post
Ten Ways to Improve Your “Mommy Selfies”
Moms, it’s time for us to celebrate the Selfie! We are blessed that technology affords us the luxury of being able to take pictures any time any where. We no longer are depending on someone else being the shutterbug - we can turn the lens, be in control and be front and center - all at the same View Post
Seven Reasons to be Nice to Others
There are some truly amazing people in this world - and I am blessed to count some of them as my friends. These people glow from the inside out. Their intentions are pure, their first considerations are always of others and they are inherently “good people”. They have learned the hard way that View Post
Love is… The Father’s Day Version
Love is, the Father's Day version is powerful and a message he will enjoy for years to come. Use this post as a template for your own personalized message. Love is... the Father's Day Version: When you think back to when you first met your husband, what strikes you the most? How far you have both View Post
7 Signs that I am Turning Into One of THEM!
Toddlers! Every parent can pick them out of a line-up. Not just because of their short stature, plump cheeks and deceptively adorable smiles. But, also because of their tell-tale meltdowns, tantrums and fits of hysteria when things don’t quite go their way. I am currently going on the 6th View Post
23 Reasons why Attachment Parenting is “Lazy Parenting”!
I think we all at some point along our parenting journey, have wished for ways to take the easy way out. Perhaps we just wanted to save some time, money, hassle or even spare ourselves from having to listen to one more meltdown. Regardless of the objective, it seems that one particular style of View Post
Three Things to do When You STRUGGLE TO JUGGLE
Whether you are a stay at home mom or working mom, odds are that you have things to balance to just make it through a day. Some days balancing is easy, it almost becomes a sport - you can multitask and get just about anything done - even with a smile. Then other days... well, those are the days when View Post
Lovingly Letting Go – The Last Email to My Dad
My dad suffered a massive brain bleed from a ruptured cerebral aneurysm on March 17, 2008. He never woke up from his coma, so my mom, sister and I followed his final wish of lovingly letting him go. He went Home on June 8, 2008. The following is my last email to my dad, which I asked my mom and View Post
The Last Email From My Dad – Six Years Ago
Today marks the 6 year anniversary of when I last received an email from my dad. The poem listed below was not written by my dad, but it is a perfect illustration of his, at times comical, relationship with the Danish language. My dad forwarded the poem in an email to me, my sister and my mom on View Post
Feeling Guilty on this Mother’s Day, Letter to Myself
Dear Tove, I am writing you this letter on Mother’s Day, the day before you return to work after a four month maternity leave. The past months were incredible - the best of your life. You have grown as a person - as a mother, in ways I could have never imagined. Your dreams are clearer and your View Post
“Work/ Life Balance” – an Oxymoron
Work/ life balance. What an oxymoron, a big fat lie! How about “active guilt management” instead? When I hear the word “balance” I picture my kids sitting on the see-saw on our playground. When the two big kids sit on the see-saw there is BALANCE - they take turns bouncing up and down, but if View Post
Happy 8th Anniversary
Dearest Honey, Happy 8th anniversary! I have agonized for a while over what to give the love of my life in honor of our 8th wedding anniversary - and the choice was obvious - your very own blog post! A post to the man who so far has remained out of the blogging lime light, but without his support View Post
Why I Don’t Want My Baby Sleeping Through the Night
It is 4:00am and I wake up for the 15th time since I shut the lights off at 9:00pm and put Jonah in his cosleeper. Who took my boobs and exchanged them for canon balls?! And where is my baby? He normally falls asleep in his cosleeper, and then after he wakes up to nurse the first time, I let him View Post
Letting the Outside In!
We have lived in a social vacuum the past many years - and I say that with all the pride and love in my heart. Our little family grew from two, to three, four, five and now six all within a relatively short while. We have been a little self contained unit when it comes to entertainment and social View Post