Shell's Sentiments

No one will ever take you serious if they never see you doing the things that you say are saying need to be done. Done are the day of — Do as I say not as I do. You are going to have to get up off the couch and get into the game if you want to be noticed, much less taken seriously. 

Look anywhere and the answer people give you to have a happier life is easy. You simply need to be grateful and find more gratitude in your life.Even all the “Gurus” will tell you that—Gratitude is the answer to all your problems.My issue with this philosophy is the people usually offering this advice only repeat what they know, or remember hearing. And leave off the most valuable piece of advice. 

Hell Yes!!!!!Even if you can't recite Bible versesEven if you can't name the books of the BibleEven if you have never stepped foot into a church

The best part about making your own granola is, you get to control the ingredients. This is especially handy when you or someone you love has a food allergy. This recipe is quick and easy. Check out our favorite chocolatey granola. 

While cooking dinner tonight I burned the damn onions. Not because onions are hard to cook, but because I was trying to do too much at once. Sound familiar? While I was cooking the meat and heating up the veggies, I loaded the dishwasher and wiped down the counters. I can’t stand cooking in a cluttered kitchen. Everything was going well. 

In the last few minutes of the JV basketball game, Dante’s head hit the floor. Listening to him tell the story, he got body-slammed after a player from the other team got played out.  Sadly, the player decided to take his aggression out on Dante.The impact of his head hitting the floor was so loud- half the gym looked over at me to see how I would react. #mommabearAfter a second or two of laying on the floor, some of Dante’s teammates came and helped pull him back up. Needless to say, Dante was out for the remainder of the game. 

We have been on our own journey of swapping out prepackaged foods to food made from scratch. The hardest recipe for us to find up has been a pancake recipe. In all fairness, my children have all eaten at Arthea's Frankensteins and just regular old pancakes don't cut it.I made pancakes using this recipe and my youngest child ate FOUR pancakes. 

“God let me down today.” Those were the words that flew out of Darcee’s mouth, my seven-year-old daughter, as she stormed away from me and headed towards her room crying. I just stood there with a shocked look on my face. Then, I turned to my other daughter, Delilah, to verify if I heard her correctly. I asked Delilah- “Did she just say, God, Let me down today?” At that moment, Delilah and I both started laughing because that was precisely what she said. (We were not laughing at her comment, we were laughing that we both needed verification that we heard her right.) 

Teaching your children to be grateful can be challenging. Especially when they are young and want to give the same answer every single day.I am grateful for mommy, daddy, my home, my dog....etcWhether they do that because it is easy, or because they don't know how to search for things to be grateful for is the question. Asking them to begin looking pas

Grief has gotten a bad name. We often only associate the grief emotion when someone has passed away. However we technically grieve many different things. We just don't call it grieving, or we just ignore it all together. There are over 43 different types of grief aka loss, that we should be dealing with.