Author: Anne
I am a single mother of 2 really great young adults. I am a professional as well, and hope to tell you some funny, authentic, and encouraging stories on my blog to help encourage and empower other single or just crazily busy parents. But I need to warn you that this blog is where I work out (for myself) some crazy ideas from their bitter, salty, pretzeled-up shapes into hopefully some better-tasting pastries.
Any insanely busy person can probably relate to them ... crazy times call for crazy friends sharing crazy stories so we can laugh rather than cry about the way things turn out! (usually for the best, but sometimes that takes a very long time to see)
“I’m Here for the Habit”
“I’m only here for the habit.” “It’s all about the habit.” “This is for the habit”. “Just do the habit”.
Dad’s Hands
I had a secret game I played with my sleeping Dad, way back when my parents’ bed was too high
A Clean Slate
Every day is a clean slate, a fresh new snowy white covered space to color; like a canvas. Anything we
Her Favorite Color Was (revised and appended)
Her favorite color was red. A sparkly red car, a new plumb red lipstick, and blood red nail polish- these
Traumatic Loss
“Anytime you experience traumatic loss early on it changes who you are and drastically affects your view of the world.”
Meditation to Beat Emotional Ping-Pong
‘Positive Thinking’ (just) creates another story in our mind. Awareness transcends both positive and negative, allowing us to free our
Spanx- the Feel Good Underwear
Can we be the spanx for our family? Sara Blakely was a wannabe criminal defense attorney, shadowing her father at
Set Intentions: Intrinsic Momentum Builders
Sometimes it feels forced these days, getting the energy to move forward. So I came up with a few tricks
3-Legged Table: Reframing Our Beautiful Chaos 