Word of The Year: Patience
This year, I chose the word “patience” as one of my words of the year. Why patience? Well, anyone with small children knows why. I need it. And I need more of it bad. Impatience Became a Habit. And, I…
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Word Of The Year
I hate resolutions. I have never been good at them and usually picked the same ones (drink more water, swear less, travel more). I fail pretty quickly (usually by January 2nd on the swearing less). They are’t for me. Resolutions…
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Slow Motherhood Challenge: Get Outside, No Matter What
There’s an awesome Scandinavian expression that says, “There’s no such thing as bad weather, just bad clothes.” I love it. It motivates me to get past the cold or the rain (or more likely for us in Southern California, the…
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Practicing Self-Care During The Holidays
Every year at Christmas, I clear out the house and spend one evening drinking a little too much prosecco, watching a terrible Hallmark-style Christmas movie, and wrapping gifts. It is something I look forward to all season. It is a…
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Why We Are Doing A No Toy Christmas
This year our, we are going to focus on memories and tradition and try out a no toy Christmas. Oh…the memories of a living room full of wrapping paper, toys, laughter, and love. So much fun. Two or three hours…
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Slow Motherhood Challenge: A Moment Between Holidays
This post is part of my Slow Motherhood Challenge series. To take a moment between Thanksgiving and Christmas, give yourself a few quiet days before the next holiday starts. Wait to decorate, skip the Black Friday scroll, settle back into…
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How To Enjoy The Holidays as A Minimalist
Yes, it is possible to enjoy the holidays as a minimalist. You might enjoy it more… Just the other day, I saw a Christmas Tree. I was driving home from a Halloween party and I saw a Christmas tree, 100…
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My Natural Cold Remedies
Cold season is here! Ugh. And we are right in the thick of it. One of my little ones has a cough that wakes us all up at night, and the other has had a runny nose since the beginning…
