Above photo credit: @Chookooloonks. All others below and video are mine and taken with an iPhone 6. It’s been five days since I left Malawi and all I can think about are the children. Their faces of joy, curiosity and excitement as soon as they’d see our caravan of vans arrive at their village are […]
Malawi with the ONE Campaign and Heifer International
Note: I wrote this within hours of arriving to Malawi last week but never got a chance to publish it due to the chopppy internet that was available. I decided to still publish it to give context to the series of posts coming up detailing the trip. The view from the terrace in my room where […]
All About that Family Trip to Ensenada and Valle de Guadalupe
I so needed a vacation and some real, real quality time with my girl and husband after the crazy, beautiful amazingness that was #WeAllGrow Summit. My girl’s spring break was three weeks after #WeAllGrow, so I blocked off the whole week so we could take off as a family on a border-crossing roadtrip. El Valle […]
How We Glow at Mom 2.0 Summit and Iris Awards
I love the word “glow.” And its definition per Merriam-Webster of “warmth or feeling of emotion” perfectly describes the sensations you experience at a Mom 2.0 Summit. That glow was intensified this year with the first Iris Awards, celebrating the best in the parent blogging community. This year in Atlanta was my third time going […]
‘it’s a small world’ — 50 Years Celebrating Peace and Hope Across the World
Today we are connected globally at the touch of a screen. In most cases it’s so easy for our kids to grow up with a global conscious that involves an understanding and respect for different languages and cultures. This is such a new phenomenon, but fifty years ago Walt Disney embraced the vision of uniting […]
Up Close and Personal with ‘The LEGO Movie’ — It’s Awesome {Video}
I seriously was supposed to publish this last week y tenía todas las buenas intenciones de hacerlo, but it was exhausting to be in the sick house with my girl who was out bad with a virus for the full week. At least, she had the awesome memories from the weekend at Legoland for The LEGO […]