Author: fuelingherforward
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Here Comes Autumn! How I’m Keeping My Kids as Healthy as Possible
Our son woke up with a stuffy nose this morning. We made it 5 weeks into the school year before it happened — and honestly that is a win in my book. Being in Kindergarten I think I was bracing for the fa ct we’d only make it a week or two before those new class, more…
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On My Soul Breathing in the Most Unexpected Way from the Most Unexpected Place
Maybe you are resisting in the exact place your soul might be at peace. Coming off the roller coaster of the past few months I truly tried to find a way not to go camping and yet here we are on the other side and while I still don’t like sleeping on the ground outside…
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Find Me Singing ‘Into the Unknown’
Sweet transitions. I’ve been prepping to write this for a few weeks now, I’ve drifted over the tides of emotions that come from making a choice to step away from the past decade – one largely with the same team. Unexpectedly, I started writing and the tears came anew. Excitement, peace, anxiety, sadness all held…
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Balancing Structure and Flexibility in Parenting
We all need routines, we all need some structure – not without flexibility – but structure that fosters responsibility, accountability, and discipline. It’s one thing we want to make sure our kids have a healthy balance of, being adaptable and disciplined to move through life responsibly with good attitudes. We are now two weeks into…
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Breaking the Cycle of Food Anxiety in Children
“Mommy, you packed me bad foods.” “What?” I responded. “You packed me pretzels and they are crunchy munchees and my teacher said those are bad for me to eat” “That is not true, mommy packs you a lot of different foods that work together to make you strong and healthy”. We were getting in the…
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Creating Our Calming Corners
How we go from all out brawls to relaxed space in just a few minutes. Having kids of any age is going to result in daily disagreements, fights, and sometimes physical torment; having virtual twins with very different backgrounds enhances that reality ten-fold. Our house would be super calm until it wasn’t. Having them at…
Fueling Her Forward 