by Shannon | Oct 7, 2018 | Encourage, Parenting, Shannon
You know the expression, Everything comes around again?” Well, in case you were wondering, I’m here to tell you that it’s true. Everything does. Everything. For example: Those super high-waisted jeans that I wore in the first few years of college?...
by Shannon | Aug 15, 2018 | Encourage, Parenting, Shannon
‘Twas the night before school starts and all through the home, The children were sleeping because I took their phones. My kids and my spouse were all tucked into bed, And I knew I should join them, but thoughts filled my head… Had I signed all the forms...
by Shannon | May 23, 2018 | Encourage, Parenting, Shannon
A lifetime ago…or maybe just a childhood ago….I stood over an isolate in the NICU staring at a wrinkly smushed little creature with a purplish bruised head. He was hooked up to wires and tubes as the machines around him hummed and beeped and I put my carefully washed...
by Gwen | Oct 13, 2017 | Encourage, Gwen, Parenting
I love Joplin. I just do. We went to the high school football game this evening, and the stadium was sprinkled with people that will put a smile on your face. The weather was gorgeous and the aroma of the concession stand was nostalgic. I looked down into the...
by Louise | Aug 15, 2017 | Encourage, Louise, Parenting, Uncategorized
School is about to start again, and I’m trying my best to wring some “summer” out of these last August days before we step onto the treadmill of school routines, evening sports and nonstop activity. But the last week or so has been very un-summery....
by Louise | Jun 23, 2017 | DIY, Encourage, Friendship, Louise, Parenting, Uncategorized
Summer! A time when our family schedule moves a little slower, and I can work on projects that get lost during the rush of the school year, when my schedule is totally dictated by kids’ sports and dance and school commitments. You might remember, I quit the New...
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