Lemonade Stand

Welcome to Lemonade Stand. I've started this blog to share my stories about being a woman, wife, and mother. Mostly, my stories are about my children Jamie age 5, Brian 2 1/2, and Ashley 10 months, and the adventures we share. I don't intend to hold anything back. Many of the stories I wish to share are only funny now that I'm looking back on them. But my goal is to answer the question, "Does this ever happen to anyone else?" So, if you're having one of those days when one child has created a masterpiece on the kitchen wall with a Sharpie, while the baby woke early from her nap and stripped off all her clothes and diaper and pooped in the crib, I hope you'll visit me and read about my day. You just might find that my children have decided to pour 20 gallons of pinto beans in the bathtub clogging the drain requiring us to call a plumber and spend a couple hundred dollars to fix it. One thing that has helped me as a mom is knowing that I'm not alone. Other families are learning and growing together just like we are. While no two families are the same, we all have a common goal: to love our children and teach them to be independent, functional, compassionate human beings that will make positive contributions to their family and community. How we accomplish this is unique to our own background, knowledge, values, experiences and opinions. That's what makes life interesting. So, stop by my Lemonade Stand often. We all need refreshment now and again. I hope as you read you'll find some of that refreshment here.