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A letter to Julia, my first driver

My dearest oldest daughter, Today I sat in line as you filled out paperwork and received your driver’s license. It was absolutely surreal playing patty cake with Mary Alice and handing over my credit card to pay for your driver’s license. I walked behind...

Creating the perfect oasis

Disclosure: I am a Friends of Pfister blogger. This is a sponsored conversation on behalf of Pfister. The opinions expressed here are my own.  I can remember when we were looking to buy a house, here in Arizona. We walked into the master bathroom and Brian grabbed my...

Table Time

One of the most common questions I get is ‘how do you get everyone to eat at the table together’? I feel like I never have a great answer for this. But sitting at lunch today, I thought of something I wanted to share with you. Getting everyone to eat at...

Christmas Magic

There is something about having little ones around at Christmas. There is magic. Less decorations. More snuggling. Less expectations. More scented candles. Less running around. More saying ‘yes’ to what they want to do. We sat down as a family and talked...