Recently a fellow mom was venting about how little time she had after work as she was busily doing household chores – particularly laundry. This conversation made me grateful for an epiphany I had many years ago. Let me tell you about it in today’s reflection. It was a day many years ago when one…
Today is my second contribution to Patty’s Reflections; my collection of blog posts where I will share some of my more personal thoughts with all of you. While it might seem a surprising topic for my blog, it is one that I think is not discussed enough. Over the years I have often been called…
Happy New Year!! Hooray and Welcome to 2024. This year I have decided to start sharing a few more personal reflections with all of you. I am excited to chat and share a variety of experiences, life lessons and deep thoughts. Entitling them “Patty’s Reflections” I hope that you find them helpful and that they…
It might be just me but parenting seems to have been simpler when the kids were little. When they were infants the 3 questions (hungry? diaper? tired?) seemed to cover 98% of any of the issues that arose. In my naivety I thought it would get easier as they grew older and in many ways…
Over the last few years I have been on the journey with my hair to Embrace the Grey. The whole Embrace the Grey concept felt trendy and a little bandwagony; it is easy to add a hashtag to a social media post far more difficult to actually do it. As I am definitely not a…