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 | Apr 10, 2016 | Encourage, Parenting, Shannon
I figure that between the almost-16 years I’ve been a parent, the 9 kids that our writers have in total, and the countless other “nephews and nieces” I’ve helped raise over the years….IN ADDITION TO the fact that I was a child myself...
by Shannon | Jan 25, 2016 | Encourage, Parenting, Shannon
Have you ever seen a train switch tracks? It’s not something I’d recommend for regular entertainment. But…when you’re sitting front and center as the first car behind the blinking striped railroad crossing barrier, trapped between that and 4...
by Shannon | Dec 31, 2015 | Parenting
The other night the kids and I watched the final episode of a Disney show. It’s a cute little thing that’s been running for a few years….and a miracle form of entertainment in the fact that ALL of my kids actually enjoy watching it together. So they were...
by Shannon | Dec 29, 2015 | Parenting
“Give them roots,” they say. “Give them roots and give them wings.” Apparently, these are the most important gifts we can give our kids. We are supposed to firmly implant “things” in them that will, one day, enable them to launch...
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