Meet Shannon…
Hello! My name is Shannon and I’m happy you stopped by! Twenty years ago I left my family and “city-life” in the South to come to a small town in the midwest with my husband. Three kids and a couple of dogs later I find my life full to the brim… and often overflowing onto my running shoes! I spend my time trying to remember which child to pick up when, gulping coffee, eating icing and working hard to find and follow the path that God has set out before me.
The Joplin Tornado: My Own Stack of Rocks
There's something about increments of '5' that make us sit up and take notice. We celebrate those anniversaries (5th, 10th, 25th etc) as more monumental than others. Why? No idea. It's just one of those generally accepted societal truths. To state the obvious, my...
read moreThug Life (And by “Thug” I Mean “Mom”)
Eight days left. This school year is almost done....we can make it my friends...we can. I think. Maybe this will help? CLICK HERE for our little video attempt to ease you through the last few days of school.... (Here are the lyrics if you want to sing along...but...
read moreThe Most Memorable Mother’s Day Gifts…
There's some debate in my household on whether or not Mother's Day is a "real" holiday....or just one thought up by Hallmark to make people scurry to the store to buy cards, chocolate, and random inspirational plaques or chocolate. You can probably imagine who is on...
read moreLetter to That Mom at the Water Park….
Standing in a ridiculously slow line for the snack bar at a ridiculously over-priced and over-crowded indoor waterpark, I take slow even breaths as the cashiers try quite unsuccessfully to figure out how to remove french fries from an order and replace them with...
read moreSlow Cooker Sneaky Chicken
Friday's here! Or Monday. Or Saturday. Or Thursday. Actually....the way life is nowadays there don't seem to be any non-busy days left. Ever. And it seems like somebody needs eat everyday too! Geesh! What is it with these people?!?! And if your life is anything like...
read more5 Ways to Completely Ruin Your Child’s Life at Any Stage
I figure that between the almost-16 years I've been a parent, the 9 kids that our writers have in total, and the countless other "nephews and nieces" I've helped raise over the years....IN ADDITION TO the fact that I was a child myself (long long ago)...I've become...
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