I always find this last week of the year to be a time of reflection. The big holiday bustle is over, and as the year wraps up, I find myself looking backward to the year ending and forward to the new one coming. Pair this reflection with family being together, and it...
If you are a new mom, chances are a personal mission statement isn’t at the top of your priority list. Sleeping more than a couple of hours at a time, managing to eat and keep the baby fed (again), diapers, a shower . . . these are the kinds of things that bubble to...
The beauty of a family motto is that it provides a very concise guide to your family values and ideals. The danger of a set of words or a phrase that could fit on a bumper sticker or in a meme is that it becomes a simple slogan and no more.In an age of soundbites and...
Each year our family creates a holiday card. Our daughter finds a beautiful location, tells us what to wear and takes our photo, we all go to the paper store and choose just the right colored card stock to complement the photo. For years we printed the message Happy...