Counting My Blessings
This holiday season, remember the things that matter most. Here are 20 things to inspire gratitude.I'm thankful for...Sticky kisses.Our nation of abundance.Chocolate.Reruns of my favorite shows.Loveys.Your child's many talents.Naps.The babysitter who is willing to come over a second time.The prepared food counter at the supermarket.Baby wipes. What would we do without them?The Internet. When it's 3 AM and the baby is coughing, you can quietly look up croup, and have a chat with another mom who's hovering over a sick baby.Videotapes or DVDs. Sometimes that 30 minut

Thought of the Day - 11/24/09
The Parents Affirmation of ImperfectionIt is perfectly okay for me to be imperfect. This means that it's okay that I have already made a lot of mistakes as a parent and that it's okay that I will make other mistakes in the future. What's not okay is for me to pretend that I am perfect and to thereby hide my mistakes from myself. Instead, I will catch my mistakes with a smile rather than a kick and learn what they have to teach me. That way, I won't make the mistakes too often, and I'll become a better parent. But, I'll never be a perfect parent and that's okay, because my goal is excellence, not perfection.

Thought of the Day - 11/23/09
A happy childhood is one of the best gifts that parents have it in their power to bestow.~~ Mary Cholmondeley ~~

Thought of the Day - 11/22/09
May we never let the things we can't have, or don't have, spoil our enjoyment of the things we do have and can have.~~ Richard L. Evans ~~

Thought of the Day - 11/21/09
Life's too short to wake up in the morning with regrets so love the people who treat you right and forget about those who don't. Believe that everything happens for a reason. If you get a chance take it; if it changes your life let it. Nobody said it would be easy, they just said it would be worth it.~~ Jeffrey Watts, friend of mine ~~