Overcoming Adversity

  If you are reading a blog like this one, you care about kids. You want your children grow up feeling loved and having everything they need. You want the best for them and pour your everything into equipping them to...

You know those sayings people have about “finding your tribe?"  I don’t know who those people are, but I need lessons. Making friends does NOT come easily to this girl.  It always seems like people in movies have a...

Ahhh, life during a pandemic. The coronavirus has really shaken up our world. Just when we start to adjust to this new “normal,” something else comes up and we have to adjust again. With all these changes, it’s no...

Like most of you, I’m constantly doing work to become a better person – as a mother, wife, employer… I believe there is a need to work on myself. I read self-help books, meditate, and listen to podcasts. Most...

In my “other life,” I am a student advisor to adult students. Please allow me to brag for just a moment. I have been working with this population of students for about eight years now. These are not your “traditional” 18-...

Cheers to a Colorado Springs mom who helped create a beautiful new music video that raises "disability visibility." Carve out four minutes to watch SPACES. It will be a highlight of your day — promise! (This is not a sponsored...

“I don’t know.” These words are powerful. Do you feel emotion around these words?  What does it feel like for you to say these words? To your boss? Your spouse? A client? Your friend?  Your children? What does it feel like when...

Fall is my favorite season.  It brings cooler weather, hot drinks to sip, beautiful changing colors, and warm cozy clothes.  But fall also brings some crazy windstorms, shorter days, and busy schedules.  I’ve learned that seasons bring good and...

I admit, I frequently observe with envy. Sometimes living in a fitness-oriented community can be like salt in a wound. You see, I have an autoimmune disease that limits my physical fitness capabilities. Physical fitness had always been part of my life until an illness took it away. Finding the right balance in exercise has been its own journey. One minute too long or one hill too far can set me back with flu-like symptoms for up to two weeks. Going from a year-around athlete to struggling to get out of bed was a huge adjustment.

Oh my word, I am wiped out!!!! My mental health is suffering! There has been so much fighting friends; I mean SOOOOOOO much!  And lots of disobedience and noise and mess and touching and calling my name!!!!!! I am waving...