I spent some time this afternoon inputting events into the online scheduling program I use. I don’t do Google calendar and sync everybody’s and blah blah blah. I am the calendar keeper. If I don’t know about it, it isn’t going to happen. So I use a program (Cozi) that also has a great...
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Day 12: Anger
I need to read this. Every.day. 10 Things To Do Differently *Before* You Lose Your Temper So I figure, you probably need to read it, too....
Day 11: Reality
Today was a crazy day. The girls were up at 5:45 this morning and stayed up, making sure I was up by coming back into my room every 20 minutes or so until I finally got up. By 8:20, all four of my kids had thrown an actual fit (or at least responded with...
Day 10: Truth
“The best you can do is always enough.” I said it this morning to my oldest daughter, my mini-me, my budding perfectionist. She had tied her own shoe (correctly). Was it right? she wanted to know. Was it good enough? Yes, Erin. Your best is always good enough. I sent her for the other shoe....
Day 9: Perspective
So I read a book recently called 30 Days of Praise for Parents by Becky Harling. I actually got to read it as a manuscript (I’m a freelance proofreader for a publishing company), but it’s on Amazon now, so you can read it, too. I was really challenged by this book. I didn’t read...