Take The Photos Take the photos. Capture the memories, the moments and the beauty that surrounds you.I don’t take for granted how lucky I am to live where I do and to be able to watch my daughter race her grandpa up the hill to sled, ski with my girls, snuggle with my dogs and …
They Know You Are There They know you are there. I paused and listened for the signs that she was asleep, and convinced that she was, slowly started to slide my arm out from under hers. It’s something I’ve done countless times since the day she came home from the hospital and started sleeping next …
Are You Willing to Give Yourself a Report Card? Are you willing to give yourself a report card? A report card that held you accountable to the things that really matter? When Finley handed me her report card in the car today, she knew which section I was going to look at first. Not math, …
Leading & Parenting After 10 years of BMK being run from my home, I’m now traveling for speaking and leadership consulting work- which means time away from the girls and not always being home after school.The girls are not only supportive of the travel and offsite work that I’m doing, they have learned that the …
Building Our Identity “Ohhhh… I guess I can see that” – is usually the response I get when I answer “theatre” for what I got my degree in. As Finn and I waited for the show to start, I found myself thinking about identity. Identity is tricky because it starts young and starts wrong. We …
We Never Stop Learning “Why don’t you post photos of more people of color on your page? Are you making your events welcoming to everyone?”When I received this message I had to stop and think for awhile before responding.I had to remind myself that there are plenty of people who haven’t followed me on social …
To Be A Follower One of the hardest things a leader – be it at home as a parent or at work- is to be a follower. As parents we spend so much of the first stages of our children’s lives doing things for them, teaching, protecting, clearing paths. At some point, we need to …
Everything Else Is Out Of My Control Every single day we are faced with the choice of getting upset about things outside of our control.And most of the time we choose to get upset.Because we live with the illusion of control. We grow up believing that if we do x, y and z – we’ll …
What Else Have I Forgotten That I Love? I have a question for you- what is something you used to love doing that you no longer do- and how will you reconnect with it this year?I used to bake daily, but as my business has shifted over the last few years, and my time is …
We Have The Opportunity Every Day To Live My 12yr old will send me sunrise photos from the bus window when they drive by the lake.Yesterday, as we drove home from her musical rehearsal, I got to share the sunsetting on the opposite side of the lake with her.As I hummed the Fiddler on the …