This is a sponsored post written by me on behalf of Sun Life Financial for IZEA. All opinions are 100% mine. If you’ve been pregnant, you probably remember that “fun” medical test you took around 26 weeks. It consisted of drinking an unappetizing sweetened orange looking drink and some blood work – also known as […]

I remember reading a blog post a few years back, about team snacks. This was well before I was knee-deep in the world of team sports with my kids. I appreciated the author’s position and the points that she made against team snacks. While it didn’t mean much to me at the time, as Kyle […]

I’ve always believed that the foundation to teaching any life lesson should begin at home. Kyle was just two years old when John and I implemented the “bucket” approach to kindness at home. Instead of saying “be nice” or “stop being mean” we refer to our children’s actions as either ‘bucket filling’ or ‘bucket dipping’. We […]

Unfortunately, it’s usually when tragedy strikes that we think about what’s really important in life. Late Friday night, as I was scrolling through Twitter (yes, I still use it – mostly for news), I found out about the tragic accident that took place in Saskatchewan. When news came in that a bus carrying a team […]