Five Ways to Help Gratefulness Win During Shelter in Place

As a full time litigator with two young children, I am often asked to write about life balance from the standpoint of a working mom. Because I ordinarily work outside the home, entrusting other people to care for my kids during that portion of the day, separating work life from home life has not been very difficult in the past, primarily because of the physical separation. Of course, there has always been the standard guilt over not being one of the moms at school every Thursday stuffing … [Read more...]

50 Rules for Dads of Daughters Article

I just came across this post called 50 Rules for Dads of Daughters. It brought tears to my eyes! I definitely recommend that you all go over and read it! I'm so lucky to have such an amazing father for my daughter. Miles is absolutely wonderful with Riley. There is always so much joy in his eyes when he's around her. They're both my everything. <3 … [Read more...]

Thankfulness

Today has been a very long, frustrating day. Honestly, I'm so thankful it's over. Since it was such a rough day I just want to remind myself for what I'm thankful for. 1. My husband - Miles is one of the sweetest, most loving and caring men out there. I'm so honored to be able to call him my husband. He's my rock, my soul and my best friend. I love him so much. 2. My daughter - Riley is such a smart, beautiful little girl. Just seeing her smile makes me forget about all of the bad … [Read more...]

5 Steps!

So one of the most exciting things ever happened to night (or at least most exciting to me and my husband, at least)... Our daughter took her first 5 steps all by herself! Ahh, it was so exciting! I'm so proud of my little girl! What happened was she was standing at the couch and my husband was sitting on the floor a couple feet away. He held her cup out to her to see if she wanted something to drink, and she let go of the couch and took 5 steps to him! I started crying. Lol. Children … [Read more...]

Thankfulness – February 5, 2012

I'm sorry this is a little late. I took a nap after the Super Bowl and I just woke up a little bit ago. It's been an up and down day for me, so I really need to focus on the things I'm thankful for: My mom taking me to Steak n Shake for breakfast. My dad for babysitting my daughter while mom and I went out. Miles being such an amazing daddy. (Something I'm thankful for every day.) My crock pot wings turning out really yummy; fall off the bone goodness! The nap I got after the … [Read more...]

February 4, 2012 Thankfulness

Hello! I had a wonderful, much needed day today. My mom watched our daughter and my husband and I went out on a date night. We hadn't been out by yourselves in over a much, so it was much needed!   Today's Things To Be Thankful For: My mom babysitting our daughter. The amazing steak from Texas Roadhouse. The good movie, Red Tails. The beautiful smile my daughter gave us when we walked in the door from being gone all day.   I hope you found things to be thankful … [Read more...]