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I have several little children in my house and we enjoy our evening reading time together. One of our favorite books right now is called “It Could’ve Been Worse,” by A.H. Benjamin and Tim Warnes. The book is about a little mouse who is returning home to his mother, after a day out exploring. On the way home he encounters some trouble. Each time he is faced with a situation he grumbles and complains “why me?” What little mouse is unaware of, is that each of these seven situations he faces throughout the book, could have been much worse for...
I recently heard a conversation where one lady asked another, “What do you do for a living?” The other lady replied, “I’m just a stay-at-home mom.” I actually jumped into their conversation and said, “That is so awesome. I wish I could be a stay-at-home mom. That’s one of the hardest jobs ever.” I hated that this women was using the word “just” to explain that she was “only” something. She was degrading herself. When people use that word to describe themselves, or something they have done, I really feel like they are selling themselves shor...
I have children. Therefore, I can tell you that when they were small, I “lost” every board game, card game or sports game we played together. If my children are reading this right now, I say to them, “Yes, I used to let you win.” When my children were small, I had to work hard to peek at their UNO cards so I’d know which color to play so they would win. I used to make horrible decisions on which properties to buy in Monopoly , again so they would win. I let them win despite the competitiveness in me that hated losing. As they got a bit older...
As my eight-year-old kiddo and I were waiting for “morning drop-off” at school a while back, he excitedly told me that the school had recently fixed their playground by removing the rocks and replacing them with corn chips. I realized he meant wood chips, but “corn chips” made for a more interesting conversation at that point so I just ran with it. I asked him if any of the kids were eating any of the corn chips at recess and what would happen if someone stepped on them first. I asked him if he thought the “five second rule” would apply. And...
On a very windy Sunday a couple of weeks ago, I went shopping for home improvement materials. After making my purchases and checking out, I returned to my car. The young lady in the car next to me, popped out of her car and started speaking with me. She informed me that when her daughter was getting out of the back of the car, their car door had banged into mine, leaving a one-inch long red mark on my white car. (I hadn’t even made it to the door yet to notice because she approached me so quickly.) She apologized and told me that she tried t...
I was looking at my backyard fence the other day, while sitting outside. A fence services two purposes. First, it’s to keep unwanted things out. Second, it’s to keep precious things safe inside. I remember when I put our fence up. I worked hard to make sure that the slates were buddied right up next to each other so there were not any gaps or overlaps in it. I have children and dogs. It’s comforting knowing our fence allows us to be safe in our environment-safe from other animals or strangers. I’m also happy that my dogs are not able to get...
We have four drivers in our house and three cars. I have volunteered to be the one without the car. Some people have asked me why I don’t just drop off one of the teenagers and keep the car for myself. For the sake of my family’s schedule, me without a car actually makes the most sense. My roommate drops off the youngest four kiddos to four different schools every morning and then picks them up in the afternoon. My oldest two drive themselves separately since they also go to different schools. We currently have six kiddos attending six dif...
