I am Failing as a Mother

boys dressed up for 80's day

Am I alone or do you feel like you buy 742 pairs of socks and instead of having any in your the top dresser door, they are just strewn about begging to be matched up with their long lost soul mate? But instead of matching socks I spend approximately 264 minutes each week running my [...]

Why farmers need crop insurance

Effects of no rain on corn

By now you have been asleep for two months if you haven’t noticed most of us are suffering from lots of heat and very little rain. Great for the grass (I couldn’t find my sarcasm font). Well, the news media has finally started picking up lots of stories about drying out corn fields. And we [...]

Helping Kids with Friendships, Bullies, and Confidence

As we grow up, we realize it is less important to have lots of friends, and more important to have real ones.

Some days I want to be that parent that keeps their kids home so they don’t have to encounter heartache, disappointment, and the pain of growing up. But, then what would I be helping my kids learn if I shelter them from anything that might hurt them. Today was one of those days. As I [...]

Leah’s Summer Must Haves

Black Lunetta Flipflop

I have realized this week, I have a few things I no longer can go without this summer, beginning with my FitFlop sandals. I got my first pair of fitflops when I went to Hawaii and loved them so much I knew I had a new pair for Florida. So, I got on my favorite [...]

What a fat mommy needs to lose weight

Yeah, I am sure a few of you are rolling your eyes at me. I know what you are thinking, “You are really going to try to lose weight and exercise on a regular basis, yeah right.” I know. I can accept that. But, as I stare at the fact that my baby is going [...]

Indian Agriculture-Up Close and Personal

Agriculture in India has been a huge contrast to the corn and soybeans found in Indiana. As I travel through Indiana with 26 of my peers from my the ag leadership program I have been in for the last two years, we are all intrigued by the agriculture differences in India. The distribution of the [...]

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