Dear Catie (On your last first day of school)… Senior Year. This is the big one, sister. All the other years have been practice for this one. There…
Continue ReadingDear Sam… Whew! Welcome to your last year of Middle School. It’s been such a weird ride… Moving. Trying all the sports. Navigating friendships. COVID! Zoom classes. Quarantine.…
Continue ReadingIt’s been a bit of bad news lately, but here is something that makes me smile. I’m sharing it with you because it’s beautiful and a captivating illustration…
Continue Readinghttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wnAA9zKLmi4 If you haven’t checked out my YouTube channel yet, let’s hang out over there. Okay, honestly, how are you feeling lately? I don’t mean “fine.” I mean,…
Continue ReadingAbout nine years ago, Catie was old enough to spend a summer at Camp Lone Star. This is the camp I had gone to as a kid and…
Continue ReadingLast year, our family left the house and school we had loved for years and moved across Houston. Everything was new and that was hard. Nate was nine…
Continue ReadingSam is thirteen and has a mind that goes a million miles an hour. Watch the video to see his three tips about how to get to sleep.…
Continue ReadingWhere are you at with journaling? Have you followed the same journaling routine for years? Do you have a record of your daily dramas and big moments? What…
Continue ReadingWhat actually went down this year? None of us saw this coming—and yet it has changed us in ways we will never understand. 2020 has changed all of…
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