Category: Motherly Love

  • Boxes and Rails

    Boxes and Rails

    Today I went skiing with my 7 year old son.  He is at the age where freestyle skiing is all the rage and we’ve been focusing on conquering the beginner terrain park.    My technique in teaching him has not been without failure.  I have told him what to do, encouraged him to try and had…

  • Hear mama bear roar!

    Hear mama bear roar!

    Fact:  I’m divorced Fact:  I’m a single mother Fact:  I am no less valuable as a human being because of the two previous statements. ……and neither is my son.  Now how to teach a five year old that he isn’t defined by the actions of his parents is a whole new awareness I have. The…

  • And the mother of the year award goes to………

    And the mother of the year award goes to………

    ….Anyone besides myself!  This last week I had one of those “moments” and yes that is in quotes intentionally. My son and I were hiking up a beautiful canyon on a Sunday afternoon.  It was just four miles away from our house and we both really needed to get out on a beautiful Sunday Afternoon.…