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Monday, April 29, 2019

Music Tip- Influence Your Small Circle

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Saturday night I went to the MCO concert (Millennial Choir and Orchestra) at the Mesa Arts Center with a friend.   This choir is compo...

Music Tip - Music Wins Every Time

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It's the end of April and with it comes the end of my ukulele classes and my mom/tot music class.  I'm excited to have more free tim...
Sunday, March 10, 2019

Parenting Tip-It's the little things that count!

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I love reading about the thru hikers who hike the Appalachian Trail-- a 2,200 mile long trail that goes from Georgia to Maine. I dream that ...
Sunday, January 20, 2019

Parenting Tip - How to be a Student

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I'm in my late 60s, but I'm a student. I teach piano and ukulele lessons, but I'm a student. I've already graduated from c...
Monday, October 22, 2018

Parenting Tip - I'm Not in Control Today

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Have you ever been in a bad mood?  Out of sorts!  Mad at everyone and everything?!  Having a "terrible, horrible, very bad, no good day...
Thursday, August 30, 2018

Parenting Tip- Make the most of 10 minutes a day

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I was in Nauvoo volunteering in the costume department for most of the summer - 7 weeks.  I was helping with the Nauvoo Pageant, that takes...
Friday, May 4, 2018

Parenting Tip - Be Inconsistently Consistent

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I've noticed two main attitudes that develop in families when things get hard.  Either they quit doing the hard thing completely and let...
Friday, March 2, 2018

Parenting Tip - Ending Screen Time Peacefully

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Screen time.  That's a new phrase I didn't know when I was a young mom.  Did you mean screen door? Nope.  Screen time.  The ti...
Tuesday, February 20, 2018

Parenting Tip - The Contrary Child

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I have written several posts about Gretchen Rubin's 4 Tendencies  and how knowing what your tendency is can help you understand yourself...
Tuesday, February 6, 2018

Parenting Tip - How to have Resilient Children

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What is resiliency?  To me it is the ability to bounce back after having set backs, negative experiences or trauma.  It is the ability to as...
Tuesday, January 16, 2018

Parenting Tip -The silent tragedy affecting today’s children

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I wholeheartedly agree with this post.  It is written by an occupational therapist, Victoria Prooday on yourot.com There is a silent tra...
Wednesday, January 3, 2018

Parenting Tip- What Matters Most?

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It's a new year--2018. Time for goals, for schedules beginning again, for activities to start running into each other and for saying goo...
Monday, November 6, 2017

Parenting Tip - What Do You Say No and Yes To?

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I've been listening to The Simple Show podcast for several months now and love it. It's a great walking-in-the-morning companion.  ...
Wednesday, October 25, 2017

Parenting Tip - Is Your Child an Upholder, Obliger, Questioner or Rebel (read as Strong-willed)?

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I really like many of the books Gretchen Rubin has written, but I’m obsessed with her newest book, The Four Tendencies. This is what she...