In this world of comparison, we look around at other women and we are constantly inundated with people who “make a difference.” People who start organizations. Stars who have a “platform” and speak out about the newest childhood disease, even though you’ve struggled invisibly with this disease for the past 10 years with your daughter. Women with great voices who record beautiful music, and own big houses and buy brand name clothes and shoes and cars. You see women who are doing these great ... VIEW POST

My kids LOVE baking cookies. Yes, I know you can make them from scratch, and every Christmas season we get out the mixing bowls, chocolate chips, and end up covered in flour from head to toe. But for normal everyday life, we go for the good ol’ roll of cookie dough that comes from the grocery store. We’ve got a plan: cookie sheets, cookies, spatula, and a pre-set oven. We slice some dough off the roll (sometimes sneaking a nibble from one or two) and lay the chunks neatly in rows on the cookie ... VIEW POST