My husband earned money for college by working during high school and during summers. This included paper routes, mowing lawns, odd jobs, working in a grocery store, and putting up cement stave silos. The silo work was very physically demanding: his first silo task was to lift 98 lb. cement blocks into a mechanism that hoisted the blocks up, up, up to the next row: sometimes 80 feet in the air. Block after block, all day. Continue reading “Motivation: I did my best”
Single and okay with that
Recently while traveling, I met Shannon and she and I were talking. She is almost 30 and would like someday to be married. But unlike so many people that I meet, she is okay with her current situation.
She went to college, and more college and now is a licensed Physical Therapist. She wanted to have a career Continue reading “Single and okay with that.”
Here are some eating rules that worked for us.
“Dinner is a time to relax, recharge, laugh, tell stories and catch up on the day’s ups and downs, while developing a sense of who we are as a family.” Dr. Anne K. Fishel is a co-founder of The Family Dinner Project and a clinical psychologist, teacher, blogger, and family therapist.
But what happens when dinner is just a frustrating fight? Or a battle of wills? What are some eating and food rules that can help you? Continue reading “Do you make your kids eat all their food? Eating rules that worked for us.”
