Author: <span>Kay</span>

The Often Dismissed Importance of Self-Standards

by Kay | Oct 7, 2017 | ... on life, Uncategorized

This morning as I parked in front of the house upon returning from a Top-Pot donut run (funny thing about having kids, donuts re-entered my life – I know that’s not the case for everyone, but they’re just so yummy and life’s short and I have...

Freshman (college) to Freshman (high school) Advice

by Kay | Aug 11, 2017 | ... on life

The college domino affect started a few years ago in our house. With five kids, we knew it loomed on the horizon since the days when they were little tykes, convinced that swimming in a plastic pool in the front yard was as close to paradise as one could get. Now...

Change – Managing More than Nickels & Dimes

by Kay | Aug 4, 2017 | ... on life, Contentment, Purposeful Parenting

Sure death and taxes are inevitable, but so is change. I don’t about you, but we’ve got a lot going on in this house. New schools (new college, new high school, middle school), new teachers for everyone, Driver’s Ed, teams, hair styles, puberty (‘nuff said!) …...

Hope

by Kay | Jun 23, 2017 | Uncategorized

Grief is a funny thing. Not funny ha-ha. Funny in that though its a concept – it acts like thing, a person, a force. It inflicts pain like a punch to the gut one minute, then it weighs down as if s a 300 pound gorilla scampered up your back to snag a...

Never losing sight of dinner’s deeper nutritional value

by Kay | Jun 10, 2017 | kids & work, Purposeful Parenting, Uncategorized

Cleaning House Boot Camp: Week 1 “Get ready for some good food, Mom,” dinner-kid shouted to me from the kitchen. “I’m such a good cook, I already have my own bakery. It’s called Jack’s bakery.” “You’re making dinner,” his sister reminded him, shaking her head at...