On a drive to a friend’s house in North Kansas City this week, movement to the right caught my eye. Emerging along a parallel road was a fleet of Amazon…
Parenting our five-year-old daughter has taught me to rethink a lot of conventional parenting advice. Over the past five years, I’ve done away with time outs (stick with me, I…
A recent podcast got me thinking about attachments. “An attachment is like a monkey on our back,” the podcaster said. “It’s something we carry around with us all of the…
I sat in a Southwest plane, looking down over puffy white clouds and shadow dusted mountains. We’re probably over Colorado by now, I thought. The view was extraordinarily beautiful. I…
Ever get that feeling that your life feels too cluttered? Like your breathing space is shrinking? You want to do something about it, but don’t know where to start. Take…
I made a startling connection last month. After several attempts at guessing what was triggering our 19-month-old daughter’s loud, whiny “nooo,” I finally realized it was my iPhone. My hand,…
Lately I’ve been happily fielding a not-so-surprising question: “Why are you raising your family in a 1,000-square-foot apartment?” Well, actually, the question usually sounds more like, “Aren’t you looking for…
My neighbor’s greeting caught me off guard yesterday. “You’ve been hanging pictures again, haven’t you?” she said in a steady but kind tone. We live in a cute, 1,000 square…
In this decluttering journey, I’m finding, sometimes the trek is uphill and progress is oh so slow. Boxes will sit untouched for a couple months at a time, papers will pile…
Do you want to add more joy to your life and feel more fulfilled at the end of each day? Then it’s time to expand on your “to-do” list. Not…