For 19 years, I was lucky enough to have the most amazing mom ever to have lived on this earth. I That’s her in the photo, wasn’t she ridiculously beautiful? I always loved the colors in the background, the silver lining around the Pacific waves that somehow emphasize the honey highlights in her hair. See,…
Tag: Parenting
Bringing Forever In Your Heart to life through art
We’ve reached a huge milestone in the creation of Forever In Your Heart today – the illustrations are complete! I say ‘complete’ specifically because I once had a grade school teacher that sternly corrected the class one day that “Never say you are done with something. Done is what you say about your Thanksgiving turkey….
What’s your book about?
I hope it helps the little ones in your life make sense of the heavy burden of grief. I hope it helps them understand that those who we have lost are always with us, forever in our hearts
Overextended.
“to extend or expand beyond a safe or reasonable point” Tuesday morning, 5:30 am. Mommy…mommy…you can hear the whispers. As you pry your groggy eyes open(ish) through the ridiculously early morning darkness, you make out what appears to be your 3-year-old pleading for some grapes…peeeeeeez. You stumble your way to the kitchen, tripping over a scattering of Tonka trucks…
7 Tips for Raising Boys…While We Have Them
After six years into this mother of boys gig, I’ve come to know a thing or two. The biggest of which, is that I actually know nothing. But despite my utter cluelessness, I do have a few tips for my fellow halfway-to-crazy parents raising these tiny tornadoes called boys. Watch out for little landmines of Legos…and pee.Seriously,…
From One Exhausted Mom to Another
Hey girl, I feel your pain. The pure exhaustion is setting in, taking over every part of you. I feel. your. pain. Today’s one of those days you’re so tired that if there was a breathalyzer for delirium, you’re pretty sure you’d blow a million point a million. Maybe you were up all night with…
Katie Zapfel 