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Book-obsessed, maniacally efficient, logically creative, feminist in a conservative facade just trying to become what I might have been. Jacki
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Parenting Secrets: 7 Scary Facts About Raising Boys

April 12, 2017 by jackirneee Leave a Comment

1. Insects, Dragons, LEGOS, Minecraft…(Whatever it is) ROCK There will be something that your son is intensely interested in (obsessed with) that you could not care one flying leap about. He will talk about it incessantly and in great detail until you feel the need to stick a fork through your ear canals in order to free yourself from the pure torture. 2. Once he pees … [Read more...] about Parenting Secrets: 7 Scary Facts About Raising Boys

Cultivating Gratitude in Your Life

March 22, 2012 by jackirneee Leave a Comment

The other day we discussed turning our lives into unicorns rather than dung beetles.  It all came down to reprogramming our brain, making positive connections in our brains.  One simple way to do this is to adopt a daily gratitude ritual. What is gratitude anyway? Well, the always (ahem) accurate Wikipedia says that gratitude is “a feeling, emotion, or attitude in … [Read more...] about Cultivating Gratitude in Your Life

Is Your Life Unicorns or Dung Beetles?

March 13, 2012 by jackirneee Leave a Comment

Sometimes your life is unicorns and rainbows* and sometimes it is dung beetles and mud puddles. It’s all unicorns when everything seems to just fall into place and dung beetles when nothing ever seems to go right. But really, it is always just your life and it is what you are expecting from it that gets you unicorns or dung beetles. The last time you got a new car, did you … [Read more...] about Is Your Life Unicorns or Dung Beetles?

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