The landscape of stay-at-home parents is changing. It’s always evolving. Here are the numbers. In 1967, 49% of mothers were stay-at-home mothers. In 1989, 10% of stay-at-home parents were fathers. In 1999, 23% of mothers stayed home with their children. In 2012, 29% of mothers stayed home. In 2016, 17% of stay-at-home parents were fathers. …
Calling all moms! Can you relate to the madness? You’re a Bad Mom If… My kids are older now. I remember well the pressures to be a “good mom” and what to do and not do. Most I placed on myself, often triggered by outside sources 🥲 It’s not about what you “should do.” It’s …
The world needs a pup snuggled on its lap. A scruffy dog to calm our nerves and raise our spirits. The comfort of a wet nose and fluffy fur is incomparable. Dogs offer unconditional love. You play together and then cuddle asleep. You communicate, and their thoughtful eyes understand. You both need each other. You’re …
Remember giving out Valentine cards in the classroom? You would ever so carefully choose just the right one for each friend and crush and classmate. Your friend would get your favorite one, and your crush, well, it would be the gooiest. I don’t think kids are allowed to do that anymore. Now, the nameless valentines …
It’s January, a long cold month. We need sunshine and Vitamin D. We also need music. I think back to how music has affected me, saved me, and enhanced every moment! The experience of music has definitely changed throughout my life 🤔 🤩 Watching my mom drive to her groovy 8-track cassettes Dancing in the living …
What is it about the Christmas season that jingles our hearts? I always feel people truly seem happier and nicer. Is it because much of the world is dressed in holiday lights and music? We’re thinking of others more than ourselves? Jesus’ love is in the air? Maybe it’s because Christmas, and the end of …
Who loves to bake? Who loves to bake during the holidays especially? Me too! Most of our family recipes are filled with butter, flour, and sugar. Does it get any “butter”? 😆 I’ve been known to eat butter off the stick and sugar off the spoon. But now the darn flu and winter season is …
It’s showtime 🤩 It’s the time of year that box office hits are released! Have you been to the movie theater lately? We have, and it was so good to be back! I missed the BIG, shimmery screen and LOUD surround sound. Not to mention the buttery popcorn. Yes, we caved 😋 As I stepped …
Safety. What we need to feel safe, it changes with age. Young babes find security in a blanket or a binkie or a favorite toy. Parents down the hall. Blankets tucked around them. A story and a prayer to rest their sleepy heads. For teenagers, it’s not much of a concern. They are indestructible. But …
The power of music, right? All of our hearts explode with songs. Memories are locked and throw away the key, if music is connected to them. Recently, a favorite artist soothed me back home after taking our daughter to college. #BruceSpringsteen and “E Street Radio” played in our van. A voice from my past consoled …
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