Empowering women to take it from here
Written by: Gael Gilliland, Founder of The Legacy Recorder. The genealogy journey can be lonely and desolate. Sifting through dusty documents and clicking on hundreds of “family name leads” only to end up at dead ends can be exhausting and soul crushing. What if I told you, it didn’t have to be that way? You…
Source: 3 Ways to Get Your Family Engaged in Genealogy – Root Pursuit
Find out why you need to start writing your story – today!
What does it mean to be a millennial parent? Because we are out there. We are living proof that our generation is fully capable of rearing loving children.
What does it mean to be at REST? What comes to mind first? Is it an extra hour of sleep? Maybe putting your feet up at the end of a trying…
Don’t forget to let me know your thoughts!
Source: Embracing Rest — What does that look like for mothers? — Medium
I have constructed a birthday survey to get quantitative results on how people feel about and celebrate birthdays. If you have time, it would be great to have your input. You can access The Birthday Survey here. This is a social experiment of sorts and all results will be posted anonymously.
No one is receiving any kind of financial benefit from this survey.
If you would like to know more about the project, you can find out more here.
I truly appreciate your time and help with this project.
Thank you! -Gael
Source: How do we celebrate birthdays?
Parenting the socially uneasy child is more complicated than labeling your child as “shy.” Your child may be different from you, if you’re outgoing. That difference or mismatch with you might make you uncomfortable, but it doesn’t mean something is problematic for your child.
Source: 10 Reasons Not to Call Your Child Shy | Laurie Hollman, Ph.D.
Found this today and thought I would share. I am sometimes guilty of a few of the things on the list. I do try to be aware of how each of my children interact with others. I am finding that my own interactions with others have been changing which has been challenging. Trying to find my footing again and helping my kids find their way as well.
Yes, I realize I am fortunate, but ‘easy’ it certainly isn’t!
Source: 4 Annoying Things People Say To Work-At-Home Moms Scary Mommy
Thankfully I don’t experience these kinds of questions very often. Every time it does happen, it brings a certain amount of guilt bubbling up inside that these things should be true for me. Yes I know I can’t do everything and do it all perfectly and take the coveted afternoon nap we all dream of when our kids are still napping. I know that every day a choice I make, whether I choose to work, play with the kids, or do household tasks means that something else isn’t getting done.
I am learning to “let it go” and remember that there are only so many hours in a day and I can always do the dishes tomorrow. Meghan meanwhile won’t always want me to play dolls with her, Aidan won’t always need help with his Lego’s and Maura will be (Ahhh!!!) a teenager soon and may decide to hate me. For now we are all working together to get the job done.
Hoping to live on one income while you or your spouse stays home with the kid(s)? Understand the financial preparation for one working parent.
Source: Financially Preparing to be a Stay-at-Home Parent – TaxAct Blog
Handy article with some great info and recommendations if you are thinking about making this change.
Fun little read shared by a friend that features some truly breathtaking places. Happy to see that the old stomping ground is represented. Get outside 🙂
So I have been waiting for a brilliant, epic thought to come to me that I could write 1500 words about. It hasn’t happened yet. Big surprise there. Having been able to find inspiring work written by others, I am happy to be able to share their work with everyone. I hope you don’t mind if I continue to share the nuggets I find. But I thought I would fill you in on what I have been up to. Besides being able to spend the summer with my three wonderful little’s, I have added a few things to my job description and repertoire. Namely some solo light web design (Brushes & Barstools), project management and copywriting.
That is all for now. Keep an eye out for my next great find!
