outlook

Sometimes, at the end of a rough day, it can feel like everything went wrong, and everyone was conspiring against you. That’s the problem with negativity – it can be consuming, and cloud the reality of situations. At the end of a rough day, it might seem hard to think back and pick out the

Living with family for the first time in years (other than my husband and kids, of course), I keep finding various versions of to-do lists all over the house. It makes me smile to read the lists of my parents and sisters; they remind me of my own lists that they no doubt find everywhere.

My children and I were visiting friends the other night, for a short play date squeezed in between naps and dinner. As we were getting ready to leave, our conversation turned to camping (which we had recently done) and my daughter chimed in about making s’mores. Pretty soon, both kids were asking excitedly if we