Inspiring Mom Leah Outten
Leah Outten is a wife, mom, homeschool teacher, speaker, writer, and advocate of adoption. With all that and more on her plate, I was honored that she sat down for a bit to chat with me about her story and passion. I know so many people who have been impacted by adoption—whether through being adopted themselves or by adopting children—but I had never [...]
Life Right Now
I am so guilty of this quote except I always say "after this month" or "after this season" things will slow down a bit. Lately it's been- when school lets out things will slow down a bit. When school lets out I will get together with my friends, and I will blog more, and I will do that project I've been putting on [...]
Mother Daughter Trip to Sedona Arizona
I am going to overshare for this post. Sorry not sorry. First of all it took so many miracles for this trip to happen and I am just so grateful. Also, I like to share details and links for those scouring the internet like I did, looking for suggestions and experiences before traveling (as I always do). The trip came about because J [...]
2022 Christmas Card Reveal
It's that time of year! Time for the Busches annual Christmas card. This is our 22nd Christmas card and it's pretty pun-ny, if I do say so myself. Ironically I had picked out holiday ensembles for the whole family (I didn't go shopping for clothes, this is just a conglomeration of stuff we owned) but in the end most of our outfits weren't [...]
Messy Mom Christmas Time Finds
I'm a decorate-after-Thanksgiving kind of girl. Which means Christmas time is just two days away and I am SO EXCITED!!! This week I have a THREE products to promote that will fit right in around the tree this holiday season. One will be perfect to wear when you are hanging out around the tree, one you want to wrap up and put under [...]
10 Years Later
Yesterday was the ten year anniversary of when SJ was diagnosed with profound hearing loss. I wrote about that day in 2012 in a post called "Processing the Diagnosis" Then in 2015 I wrote a post called Living in Holland (thought from a special needs mom) and if you have a special needs child you are probably familiar with the Welcome to Holland [...]