I have a love/hate relationship with planning. I’m a planner by nature, and I thrive on it, but I can also take it to the extreme and become overly concerned with my plans turning out perfectly. My youngest child was born in September 2013. At the time, my firstborn was only fifteen months old, so…
Thanksgiving break, a three-day reprieve from classes and practices (unless there is a game Saturday) used to be filled with packing and cleaning and traveling and extended family. But the year I spent throwing up in the middle of the night from exhaustion put an end to our Thanksgiving travels. It was a hard decision,…
It isn’t always easy balancing family, friends, and faith during “normal time;” during the holidays it can seem outright impossible. But there are a few things we can do to ensure we keep our sanity intact and peace in our hearts. In fact, the best coping techniques are probably habits we already have in place, and we just…