"When Life Throws You In The Mud, Plant Yourself And Grow."When I wrote those words as I crafted my first book, This is How We Grow, I was definitely in the mud. In fact, I'd often say it felt like I was "knee deep, thick in...
The day I was diagnosed with #breastcancer, not quite 3 months ago, this came to my mind. It was a new way to try & comprehend the whole #cancerexperience, to somehow rid myself of the whole concept of "the C-Word" and instead create for myself...
I’ve been practicing gratitude for quite some time now. I started a gratitude journal back when I was first married, I’ve studied countless books and research articles on gratitude, and I even spent an entire year learning how to be more grateful and then wrote...
This Is How We Grow Blog Hop 2013: 10 Ways I Choose to Grow Each Day My family and I have been through our share of rough times. In 2007, my sister and brother-in-law died, we inherited our two young nephews, and I gave birth to our...
An Invitation to YOU! Join my This Is How We Grow Blog Hop! (in honor of my new book, by the same name!) Theme: "I choose to grow." I’ve certainly had my share of life challenges, many of which I share in my new memoir, This Is How...
As you may know, I have just finished writing my first book--a memoir about the four years after my sister and brother-in-law died, we inherited our nephews, I had a baby, and we went from 3 to 6 kids, practically overnight. It's called This is...
What does personal growth look like for you? I asked this on my facebook page yesterday, and here are some of the answers I received: "Personal growth looks like, not giving up. Sometimes I get down on myself when I feel I am just not measuring up,...