Found this video and wanted to share as a part of my Dear Teen Daughter series. I watched it with my daughter…. watch it with yours! (I recommend watching it with daughters 7 and older, some of the images of women may be confusing to little girls). The message is important. Although I don’t agree [...]
This is an on-going journal to my daughter for her to read later… and also for anyone else that may find it helpful. Here’s to raising daughters! There were several people in your life when you were younger that you really looked up to. On several occasions I’d hear you make reference to them and [...]
*this was originally posted August, 2010* Teen, Tween, & Girl take their lunches to school. Even Teen, attending the Jr. High, prefers to take his lunch. Mainly because we won’t allow him to spend $5.00 a day on junk from the snack food bar. Over the years I have found what works and does not [...]
These are a few things that I’m dreaming of right now…. the country is a happy place for me, and it’s where I hope to be some day. I’ve been blessed to spend quite a bit of time there this summer. What do you dream of? Source: google.com via Sugar on Pinterest Source: smokeyvalleyfrenchbulldog.com [...]
When I was in 7th grade I did an awful thing to a friend. I’m going to share this with you so that hopefully you’ll avoid the same mistake. What I did to this friend changed her opinion of me for a long time– it ended our great friendship. My friend and I were at [...]
I watch you quietly as you play with your Littlest Pet Shop animals. I love that at eight years old you still play with them, your imagination running free. I lost count of the exact number, but by the looks of them I’m guessing you’ve accumulated over thirty of the little big eyed figures. Each [...]
When I watch him on the fields, I’m inspired. At home when he gets out in the heat to practice, I’m inspired. When he was up against boys two years older and twice his size during games, and still never backed down, I was inspired. He wakes up early during summer break to work out [...]
