Life It’s Been Two Years, Three Birthdays, Two Halloweens, Two Thanksgivings, and Counting. Ronda Bowen, October 11, 2025October 11, 2025 Theme Song: “Little Girl Gone” by CHINCHILLA1 Yesterday marked three of my dad’s birthdays, when he wasn’t here. Well, I mean, his body’s here. It’s in a tin-can-urn-thing on my bookshelf in my family room (don’t get me started on how weird that is.) I already know it’s weird. I… Continue Reading
Life Why I Think Making the Bed Is So Important Ronda Bowen, July 9, 2024July 9, 2024 I mentioned in my previous post about starting to clean when you’re not sure where to begin that making the bed daily is super important to me. I wanted to talk a bit more about how making the bed helps me and why I feel it’s an important part of… Continue Reading
Life Don’t Know How to Get Started Cleaning? Try This Trick Ronda Bowen, July 7, 2024July 7, 2024 I hate to admit it, but after the events of last year, my home became a bit of a depression nest. We’ve finally come out of it, but knowing where to start when everything needs to be cleaned can be overwhelming. Here’s the trick I used to fool my brain… Continue Reading
Life Stop Asking People to Tamp Themselves Down for Your Comfort! Ronda Bowen, July 3, 2024July 3, 2024 Recently, I had an interaction where I posted a question in a homeschooling group asking about microscopes. I received a response that had nothing to do with my question and instead told me to avoid using the curriculum I was planning to use (and that I’d beefed up a good… Continue Reading
Life Breaking Off Relations with Toxic Family Members – It’s Not Just Good; It’s Necessary Ronda Bowen, March 28, 2024March 28, 2024 Today’s guest post is from Matt Lundquist, LCSW, MSEd. Matt talks about how hard it can be to break off relationships with family members who don’t have our best interests in mind. After all, we break up with partners who are abusive (and that can be hard in and of… Continue Reading
Life On Faith, Toxic Moms, Saying Yes, and a Whole Host of Other Things Ronda Bowen, March 11, 2024March 11, 2024 Oh Brother Where Art Thou is one of my favorite movies of all time (I’m a big Odyssey fan, too, so it’s not a surprise), and the soundtrack is also my favorite. Tonight, we watched the episode of Marvel’s Echo that used the song “Down to the River to Pray”… Continue Reading
Life The Importance of Healthy Adult Friendships Ronda Bowen, March 6, 2024March 6, 2024 Today’s guest post on the importance of adult friendships comes from Tami Zak, a licensed therapist at Grow Therapy. Tami wrote the post in honor of Friendship Month in February. February also happened to be the anniversary of my father-in-law’s passing, and three days ago, I marked six months without… Continue Reading
Life Caring for Aging Parents Without Compromising Your Mental Health Ronda Bowen, November 13, 2023November 13, 2023 This Guest Post comes from By Sean Abraham, LCSW, Grow Therapy. As my husband and I find ourselves feeling the crunch of the Sandwich Generation, I felt that this was a great post to feature on the blog. In addition to these tips for self-care while caring for aging parents,… Continue Reading
Life A Year of Loss Ronda Bowen, September 22, 2023September 22, 2023 My dad’s gone. I’ve been trying to process this now for almost three weeks, and it still doesn’t quite make sense to me. I’m not sure how the world can exist without my dad in it. No one prepares you for how utterly weird it is to exist in a… Continue Reading
Life Thoughts about Life and Tetris Ronda Bowen, April 23, 2023April 23, 2023 I woke up early this morning, I haven’t been sleeping well – either waking up way too early or going to sleep way too late. I’ve been thinking about life a lot lately, as one does, I suppose, when one starts losing the people who raised them – and when… Continue Reading