Sure, kids need limits and structure. They need to read books and wear bike helmets and eat their vegetables. I think we can all agree there. And, as a mom, it often falls to you to enforce those things. So you find yourself telling your children “no” a heck of a lot. But I’ll tell… Continue reading Start From “Yes”
Category: About Me
4 Ways to Get By When You Just Can’t
I am woefully behind at, well, life right now. I think 2019 may be out to get us. Not in a tragic, earth-shattering way, but just with normal, everyday STUFF. Sinus infections that keep kids out of school for weeks on end. Snow. That. Won’t. Freaking. Stop. It all adds up to one big excuse… Continue reading 4 Ways to Get By When You Just Can’t
Where is Your Happy Place?
Okay, I admit, I read books mostly via electronic devices these days. And, by electronic devices, I mean my phone. It’s just so convenient to have a book with you, even when you don’t have a book with you. (You know what I mean.) But I still prefer “real” books. In fact, I just ventured… Continue reading Where is Your Happy Place?
Nowhere to Go But Everywhere
A couple/eighteen years ago, I graduated from a Big Ten University with Distinction (whatever that means) and a degree in journalism. And I had no idea what to do with myself. Thanks to several unpaid internships, I had garnered experience in magazines, newspapers and television news, but I didn’t feel especially called to pursue a… Continue reading Nowhere to Go But Everywhere
There’s No Place Like Home
This week I am thankful for the ground. Or, more specifically, I am thankful to be on the ground. And for home. I am so, so thankful to be home. I am a homebody, that much is true. And, as I learned from the personality assessment I completed at the work retreat from which I just returned,… Continue reading There’s No Place Like Home
It’s Not How You Start, It’s How You Finish
I never considered myself a runner. Yet I run. That probably doesn’t make much sense to you. I suppose if I run, I am, in fact, a runner. Of sorts. The sort that gets stopped by an older couple the third time I lap them in the park. “Honey, look at you!” the older lady… Continue reading It’s Not How You Start, It’s How You Finish
One is Silver and the Other is Gold
There are many different kinds of friends out there. There are friends who stick around for the long haul, and those who are only with you for a certain season. Those you talk to all the time, and those you only catch up with once in a blue moon. But they are all important, and… Continue reading One is Silver and the Other is Gold
This is 39.97
So this is 39.97. Listening proudly as your 6-year-old daughter breezes through a book meant for her older brother, while also making a mental note to schedule your mammogram. And feed those darn goldfish. And sign your son’s summer school permission form. And tackle the nine gazillion other family details that are constantly bouncing around your brain.… Continue reading This is 39.97
Welcome!
Hi, there! I’m Jessica. I’m an incredibly lucky wife and a mom to two beautiful kiddos. And I want to make sure I grab my days by the scruff and wring every last bit of joy from them (Okay, that sounded way more violent than I intended, but you get the idea!). I know it’s… Continue reading Welcome!