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The Balancing Act of A Work At Home Mom
I am a Work-At-Home-Mom (WAHM). Just being a Stay-At-Home-Mom is a tremendous job, but now that I’ve thrown “Work” into the mix, it’s become an even more tangled web of tightropes to navigate. Some days the chores don’t get done, and sometimes the kids watch a little more television than I’d like, but I know that eventually, we will reap rewards from my work that will enable us to have a fuller, more adventurous life. I started working from home shortly after the birth of my son. I was laid off from my job at a publishing company while I was on maternity, which was really a blessing, as I…
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Adorable DIY Valentine’s Day Gifts
The following Valentine’s Day gifts are ones you can make with the kids to hand out to family members (most everyone loves home-made gifts), neighbors, teachers, friends and your significant other. I love involving my daughter when making holiday gifts and might have to try out a couple of these fun ideas. Have a wonderful Valentine’s Day! A Succulent Valentine: I absolutely love succulents! And they make wonderful gifts! This is a fun idea from A Night Owl Blog that is really easy to make. Though according to Feng Shui principles – it is best to avoid cacti in the house or garden. Plus little fingers might get hurt. For…
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Our Rocky Mountain Family Adventure: Part I
Looking to send a postcard with a spectacular mountain range, a glacier, or wild animals on it? Then the town of Jasper, located in the heart of Canada’s Rocky Mountains, is the destination for you. Last summer we flew into Calgary and stuffed as much luggage as is humanly possible into a rental car. We strapped three children (aged 14, 10, and 8) in the back seat and headed northwest—256 miles to be exact. The drive along the way was an adventure in itself. Our first stop was in Banff, Canada’s first National Park and UNESCO World Heritage Site. While we were there, we took in the breathtaking sites of…
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Her First and Won’t be Her Last
This time last year I was on night 1 of at least 4 or 5 nights of absolutely no sleep. This time tomorrow I was desperately trying to look into my 5 week old baby girl’s eyes still hoping for a miraculous miracle. This time the following day I was handing my tiny baby to a surgeon and literally collapsing and choking in fear… This time the day after I was learning to put in and care for a minuscule contact and instructed to patch my daughter’s “good eye” half her waking hours – Awesome to decipher for a newborn right? This time last year was just filled with the unknown… Would the surgery be…
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Reflections :: Appreciation Day
I made up a brand new holiday last week. Throughout this coming year, I’ve decided I will celebrate “Appreciation Day” on the fifteenth of every month. It is the one day of the month that I am committed to “tending myself”, to treating myself with what we therapists call unconditional positive regard. It literally means unconditional love: gentle, present, self-affirming, non-judgmental love. It’s revolutionary, if you think about it. An entire day in a conscious attempt to truly accept and love yourself for no other reason than because you deserve appreciation. It turned out to be tougher than it sounds. In depth psychology there is a primary understanding of…
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Play :: Using Humor to Deal With Stress
Photo courtesy of Flickr Working at a large company gives you the benefit of having a lot of people to talk to and release some pent up emotions. But I did not want to become the person in the office that everyone ran from when they saw me coming because I was always full of bad news so I turned it into humor. Most of the time I know people were trying to figure out if I was just making up a good yarn or this was the truth about my life. I would begin by telling about a difficult situation at home with immediate or extended family or something…
