As you know, October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. This is the time of year to increase awareness of the disease. I am thankful that I can use my blog as a place to raise awareness and offer information regarding breast health. Family history, I might not have shared often enough on this blog: my husband's mom, aunt, and grandmother all had breast cancer. So as a parent, with a daughter, with that breast cancer history in her paternal family, I honestly worry about her own breast … [Read more...]
My Accident Prone Three Year Old Boy
My son always falls down. Literally every single day. It might be due to the fact that he never walks anywhere. He runs -- all day long. He also doesn't pay attention to what he is doing a lot of the time. His knees are constantly scabby; his legs are always bruised up. The amazing thing to me - a girly girl through and through - is he doesn't seem to "learn" at all. He still runs in those darned flip flops; he still rides his balance bike way too fast; and he still doesn't pay close attention … [Read more...]
How to Love Your Family Well
For the last few years my husband has really been organizing our investments, life insurance, and IRAs. He calls it loving his family well. I am just so blessed and thankful to have such a great husband who likes to take charge of all of that. If it were up to me, I am sure it would not be done. He is also the go-to guy in our house when it comes to our health insurance. Calling our insurance and asking about our benefits comes naturally to this man. And I love him for that because I greatly … [Read more...]
