Melissa Camara Wilkins – Be who you were made to be. Let go of the res...

Lately, it seems like the world is delivering up opportunities for us to move into unfamiliar spaces, and to be a little braver, and to reimagine… everything, on a daily basis.
And one thing I’ve noticed is that for most of us, our inner critic tends to be at its loudest when we’re in uncharted territory....

Parades aren’t happening where I live this year, so I asked my friend, children’s book author Meeg Pincus, for a list of her favorite picture books for celebrating Pride from home!
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I heard myself say it again the other day:
“I just don’t know the right answer.”
I wasn’t even talking about anything super life-changing—just, like, what time to plan on a grocery run, or whether to go outside before the sun set, or which book to pick up next....

Last week, my older kids wanted to watch movies about elves and hobbits and swords. These are movies to watch after putting the younger kids to bed, so: late night hobbit movies.
I watched with them and learned an important lesson. If you stay up until late o’clock watching movies with your kids, it does not matter if you get up early or sleep in the next day. You will be useless before noon either way. You might as well sleep...