by Valerie Murray | Sep 5, 2015 | Blog, Parenting |
“You start kindergarten next week. What will I do Meghan? I just might cry,” I told her as we snuggled and I stared into those deep sea blue eyes. She cupped my face in her sticky little hands and told me she would miss me too because “I like being with my...
by Valerie Murray | Aug 29, 2015 | Blog, Parenting |
It was late and the house was the same mess we left it in. Funny how that works. I didn’t feel like being a drill sergeant in order to get everyone to pick up their own mess and I don’t like to go to bed with the house in disarray, so I decided to tidy it up...
by Valerie Murray | Aug 15, 2015 | Blog, Parenting |
We parent our children and wrestle with the dichotomy of time. In the daily tasks of mothering 4 small children, sometimes time stands still. It feels like the movie Groundhog Day; the same thing happens every single day. The alarm rings and we rush kids to get ready...
by Valerie Murray | Jul 26, 2015 | Blog, Parenting |
Changing Your Perspective I couldn’t wait to see the smile on my three-year old’s face when she saw Disneyland for the first time. She knew every song from all the videos Grandma had shown her in preparation. We entered the magical gates through the security...