Tag: challenges
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What Can Possibly Work?
Life is exhausting on any given day. Combine it with unexpected challenges and increased responsibility, it can feel overwhelming. Quitting is never an option. Figuring out how to step up to the increased demands is the task that must be addressed. We’ve had the joy of watching three of our grands over the past week […]
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You’re In My Way!
When driving to work, I leave with enough time to get there and still get things done around the house before I leave, This past week, I was surprised by an unexpected challenge. As I was driving out of our neighborhood, a family of ducks slowly made their way across the street, their progress only […]
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Curious Rites Of Passage
Change constantly happens. In today’s vernacular, as children grow and experience spurts of learning and change, they go through what’s known as leaps, as indicated by the app, Wonder Weeks. They help you recognize that new behavior isn’t merely problematic; something is happening physiologically and mentally to help the baby grow. It doesn’t stop with […]
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To Sleep–Perhaps To Dream
There’s something calming about watching a baby sleep. Life is turned off, there are no concerns or worries, and the rest is real. No carrying of burdens, no fretting over problems that have no apparent solution. Real sleep. Kolly, at almost three months, has a rhythm for her sleep. She naps when needed, wakes when […]
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Consider Your Perspective
When women come together, there is typically a cause for celebration. We can make a party out of most anything. I hosted a gathering to honor the birth of a second child of a dear friend. It’s not a shower–that’s for first babies. I thought it was a sprinkle–a cute play on words for the […]
Tip of My Iceberg 