Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Anyone that knows me knows that I have loved to read since I first learned how. I am starting a new series on the blog called #MacysMustReads where I will be sharing the books that I have read each season, along with a quick synopsis and rating. This summer I read some fiction and some nonfiction, but here are my four favorites…
Read MoreToday is all about PARENTS! I’m sharing my newest resource, called “Letters from Mom.” It is a project very dear to my heart; I still have the many letters my parents have written me over the years. The idea is simple…Each fall, before your child begins a new school year, you can use my template to write your child a letter. You can print the letters and handwrite them, or you can type your letter into the template. Either way, save all of the letters in a folder or on your computer and give them to your child on a special day, such as their 18th birthday, high school graduation, etc.
Read MoreTeacher friends, this one is for you! Let me help out your lesson planning (I know, over-achievers, you were done by July!) with this back-to-school activity to introduce kindness in your classroom. This month’s resource is called “Sprinkle Kindness” and is a fun way to launch a kindness campaign in your classroom! This activity is designed to get your students brainstorming about ways they can implement kindness at school, and then offer them a chance to hear from their peers to gain more ideas.
Read MoreIf you wanna hear me get fired up real fast, bring up this topic.
I recently saw an article that was entitled, “10 Reasons Why You Should Stop Using the R Word” and I was so confused...why do we need a reason, let alone ten, to stop using the R-word?
Read MoreA couple of weeks ago, I introduced you to Lisa Stout, the mother of Allie, who was born with a unilateral cleft lip and palate. Allie is now 27 years old, just received her Master’s degree, and is a practicing speech language pathologist! You can find Part 1: Raising Allie here! Today, Lisa will share with us all about their families journey through hospital stays, surgeries, and raising Allie and her two siblings.
Read MoreHey Mama,
Just wanted to check in on you. In a social media world full of bloggers and photographers with seemingly perfect lives, real motherhood can seem lonely. I want you to know that you are enough. You are good enough. You are smart enough. You are pretty enough. You are strong enough.
You. Are. Enough.
Your sweet little babe looks up to you in a million ways and there isn’t a better, more qualified mama than you. Take some time for yourself today. You deserve it. In fact, you deserve to take time for yourself every day. Yep, you heard me, every. single. day. It doesn’t have to be a lot, but it does have to be something.
Read MoreIn my field, I have the privilege of working with very special people, who often find joy in the smallest of things. Last week, as I began a therapy session with one of my clients, he asked me if he could have my (half-drinken, lipstick stained) coffee.
Read MoreJuly is National Cleft and Craniofacial Awareness and Prevention Month! In today’s post, I will be doing the first of a four part Q&A session with Lisa Stout, the mother of Alexandra Marie Stout, who was born with a unilateral cleft lip and palate.
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