Encouragement

Supporting Friends Through Winter Sickness

Read on for tips about how to care for others through winter sickness. Whether flu, covid, croup, or just winter blues, so many opportunities exist for you to care for others through the winter sickies we are all experiencing. Disclaimer: I'm not a doctor, or...

Feb 1, 2023

Cancer Encouragement

Through this open letter to a friend, I share my thoughts to a friends recently diagnosed with cancer as a 14 year cancer survivor. Its a message of hope and support for what is to come with a new cancer diagnosis.

A letter to my friend just diagnosed with cancer

A letter to my friend who was diagnosed with cancer this week. This week I learned you were diagnosed with cancer, and I thought I'd sit down and write the words that were swarming my mind last night as I went to bed and were in my heart all weekend as I thought...

Aug 8, 2022

Big Sister Chat Encouragement

The lessons I've learned over the last 40 years of my life and how I'm choosing to celebrate this milestone birthday.

What I know to be true | 40 somethings

Well, this week marks my 40th birthday. It's weird to say, yet it seems mundane at the same time. Maybe it's because once January hits in any year, I start talking and thinking like I'm already the age I will turn in April. 40 is a milestone year, so I feel like...

Apr 20, 2022

Bridges Cancer Encouragement Solutions

Celebrating my 40th Birthday year by doing 40 new things. Follow along!

40 Somethings Series

So, 2022 is the year I turn 40 - eeekkkkk. I remember when that age seemed so old and I remembered that it seemed forever away. I remember my 30th birthday like it was yesterday. I can remember the slow easy day. I remember my friend picking me up for dinner in the...

Jan 23, 2022

Encouragement

Using this season of gratitude and thankfulness to express my thoughts and challenge readers to share their gratitude.

Gratitude….Louder for the Kids in Back

This season of gratitude and thankfulness has me thinking about my own life. People, places, and circumstances swarm my mind as I reflect on this past year. While it's been a tough year with restrictions, it's been a continued blessing of extra time together and...

Nov 23, 2021

Big Sister Chat Encouragement

An open letter to the Class of 2018. Graduation is upon you...but you have the rest of your life ahead of you. Let me share a few "big sister" moments and thoughts with you. #graduationthoughts #lettertograduate #encourgementforgraduation

An Open Letter to Graduates

Something about the graduation season makes me a little nostalgic. So, I thought I'd write An Open Letter to Graduates in big sister chat mode! I think I reflect on who I was at 18 or 22. And with a Little Man of my own, I can't even begin to think about...

May 13, 2020

Encouragement Solutions

These tips for supporting small businesses during social distancing will help your owners stay open and your community survive in hard times. #smallbusiness #growingcommunity #communityresources

How to support Small Businesses while social distancing

Man, we are living through such an interesting time. I've met my new niece via FaceTime, I've attended a baby shower on Zoom and I just finished designing a "trucker friendly" dining guide for my local community. Our local business owners and fellow citizens need...

Apr 22, 2020

Encouragement Family/Parenting

A letter to my Little Man at almost 18 months - you are brave, strong, creative, loving, smart and I'm so proud to be your mama!

Letter to Little Man | July 2019

My sweet boy I don’t want to forget what is in my heart today. So I’ve sat down to write you this letter. Actually we are rocking and you are starting to snore in my shoulder. You are sweet. It’s easy, and cliche to call you a sweet boy. But that’s what you...

Jul 5, 2019