by Heather | May 25, 2009 | Blog, Lessons Learned from Mom
Day 18: Judge Not Okay, first, I need to quailfy that statement. When I had foster kids I had a teenager who was upset one of the neighbors wouldn’t let their daughter go with my foster daughter and her mom to a concert. She was upset because she felt like my...
by Heather | May 24, 2009 | Blog, Lessons Learned from Mom
Day 17: Cinnamon Rolls were Invented for Long Trips Okay so maybe that’s not true, maybe they were just invented because they are dang good, but in any case, we often had them on campouts or on long car rides, especially if we were going to leave really early in...
by Heather | May 23, 2009 | Blog, Lessons Learned from Mom
Day 16: There’s Always Room for Music I did mention, didn’t I that we used to sing when we went on long car rides. My poor husband thinks we’re all a bit nuts, and gives me worried sideways looks when I try to liven up our trips by singing. Well, he...
by Heather | May 22, 2009 | Blog, Lessons Learned from Mom
Day 15: Take Time to Relax So a few days ago I talked about what a hard worker my mom is, but she isn’t all work (it just seems that way sometimes). My parents like to take their trailer out several times during the summer just to get away so they can take a...
by Heather | May 21, 2009 | Blog, Lessons Learned from Mom
Day 14: Keep in Touch Okay, so I played with titles for this post for way too long, but you’ll get the picture soon enough. The year I graduated from high school I had six cousins go on missions–three sets of siblings, all her sisters’ kids. Mom was...
by Heather | May 20, 2009 | Blog, Lessons Learned from Mom
Day 13: Cheer Others On This is going to be short because I’ve had an incredibly long day of work and driving halfway across the state (Okay, only to Utah County, but it felt like halfway across the state before I finished!). It seems when you turn on the...
by Heather | May 19, 2009 | Blog, Lessons Learned from Mom
Day 12: Old Musicals are Fun And you thought all of these lessons would be serious…well, sor t of serious. I guess Lesson 9 was rather unconventional. From my earliest years I remember watching old musicals with my mom. I’m familair with all of the...
by Heather | May 19, 2009 | Blog, book signings
Saturday after spending several hours making stops for our business on the way north, I finally made it to Tristi’s book launch party at Provident Book and Humdinger Toys in Pleasant Grove, which is sadly closing this month. It was a great event with lots of...
by Heather | May 18, 2009 | Blog, Lessons Learned from Mom
Day 11: Keeping Life Together Takes Hard Work Did I mention that my mom works full time, and has six kids? I thought so. Yes, she always had dinner for us (Okay, so sometimes it was 8 p.m. for dinner, then time for jammies–what do you expect when she...
by Heather | May 17, 2009 | Blog, Lessons Learned from Mom
Day 10: There are Many Ways to Show Love Have you thought abotu all the different ways we tell our families that we love them? Do you even notice the things our loved ones do for us? I mentioned once befroe that my mom cooks three meals a day, from scratch, every day,...
