In Support of Stillness
My husband and I live in a fast-paced, affluent suburb where we are constantly bombarded with noise, information, and a current of family and kid activities available. Living here I have always struggled against the feeling that I must rush from one thing to the next. And that my children must do the same. I could […]
It’s Your Life. You Write the Story.
(I wrote this guest post on Joshua Becker’s excellent website Becoming Minimalist.) New Year’s Day has come and gone. The toasts have been raised and the resolutions have been made. Another fresh batch of 30 dozen opportunities now stretch out before us. But let’s fast-forward past all the days of 2015. Let’s imagine tonight is December 31st, […]
How to Create a Better Birthday Party by Doing Less
My sister April called me this past weekend to ask me a 1st Birthday party etiquette question. It got me reminiscing about Mr. B and Mr. C (our boys) 1st birthday party. I was really proud of how simple we kept it, and how meaningful it felt. Simple and meaningful are two words that, when […]
Sparkle Stories
Today I want to introduce you to the fantastic work of David Sewell McCann and Lisabeth Sewell McCann, the creators of Sparkle Stories. Our discovery of Sparkle Stories turned out to be the spark of inspiration which led me to create the children’s audio stories of Imagining Aloud. David and Lisabeth create high-quality children’s audio […]
Yes Our Kids Watch TV
We get asked TV questions a lot, so today we decided to tackle the questions and give some insight into how our family handles TV time. If you are a first time parent with a little one and trying to decide how much or what kind of TV time is right for your family, or if […]