Big or small. Life is all about pivoting. We can plan as much as we want, but there must always be room for the unexpected. Even knowing this information, it's not uncommon to be thrown off when life requires us to pivot. Why? Two things are happening simultaneously in a pivot: lost expectations and disappointment. Disappointment. It's a feeling that often doesn't sit well. As parent's we often try to distract our children from disappointment (let this be encouragement to let them sit in it...

This quote was chosen by none other than the incredible Ashley Ketch, of Ashley Marie Creative Studios. It was done as an example for the rest of the quotes on the sweatshirts that you have seen over this past year on the blog. [PS - she's an incredibly talented artist who brings my craziest dreams to life over the past 13 years of knowing her.] I loved it as an example, laughed at it's messaging, thought it was "cute" but did not feel it fit our branding. My daughter fell in love with it...

I can never write that sentence without singing the song in my head. Being home for Christmas brings so many different emotions to different people. Although it would take more than a short blog post to cover all of it, I wanted to focus on the physical going back home, with the emotional going home (to self). There is a lot of literature beginning to surface about finding your inner child and nurturing your inner child. When we head home for the holidays we walk down memory lane, we find...