Some of us are struggling with so much time at home.  How do we entertain our children? Partner? Ourselves?  Some of us are working from home and trying to maintain a routine.  Here are suggestions. Stay safe everyone. We are all in this together.

1.      If working from home DON’T stay in your pjs.  Make an effort to shower and get dressed. Make sure you are drinking water and staying hydrated. Take a lunch break – which means leaving your laptop and moving.  If you can squeeze time head outside for a walk to break your day. Seriously you will be fresher and more productive because of this.

2.      Purge and organize.  Start your spring cleaning.

3.      Children – get them writing grandparents, aunts, uncle and/or favorite people letters and drawings. 

4.      Plant some seeds and start your gardening now.  Get the kids involved with the planting and what they want to grow.

5.      Do a puzzle the larger the better!

6.      All those pictures you have been taking – head on-line to Walmart or Costo or wherever and do a hardcover book.  Maybe of a trip? The year in the life of.

7.      Free on-line classes – come on they are out there

8.      Call a friend.  Call a parent. Call a grandparent. Call period.

International Woman's Day

On March 8th, 2020 we celebrate International Woman's Day.  Or I hope we celebrate it as women are incredible and not recognized enough.  That it is 2020 and we are still fighting for women's rights in parts of the world blows my mind.

That caregivers, mothers, people that put their children first are often putting themselves and society helps last.  That we still don't recognize the virtues that women have to offer and that they are often discounted as less than "male virtues".

That when women stand up for themselves and others they are often treated as aggressive not assertive, even by other women. I have found that women are often the worse critics of other women! Please there is enough for all of us out there. Don't begrudge anyone making it happen.

So for International Woman's Day my hope is for support, encouragement, compassion and empathy. That not only do women stand with and for other women, we stand up for everyone that needs us and needs a voice.