BrandiParsons8Jun 3, 20192 minRestI took time this weekend to rest. It proved to be an eventful weekend just the same. My children both learned how to ride their bikes without training wheels...
BrandiParsons8May 27, 20192 minRememberingMy son just blurted out, "Tori, it's going to take us 120 minutes to get to Ottumwa." He used his math skills to figure out that 2 hours was 60 plus 60 and a...
BrandiParsons8Mar 4, 20198 min30 Lessons from 30 FloatsI am one month and 25 days into my year of giving myself the gift of a year of self-love and one of the best gifts that I regularly give myself is the gift o...
BrandiParsons8Feb 13, 20192 minBestie for Valentine'sIt's February. That means that when there's a bajillion snow days, I make Valentine's with my kids. My 8 year old, second grader, like many, many other secon...
BrandiParsons8Jan 30, 20192 minBe Kind to the WaterWater is an amazing substance. It can be a solid, liquid, or gas, and yet its chemical properties are the same. It is always two parts hydrogen to one part o...
BrandiParsons8Jan 17, 20193 minDeep WaterI've been listening to this voice. The one that says, "Live courageously. The water is sometimes raging, but live courageously anyways!" It led me to a local...
BrandiParsons8Jan 12, 20192 minGo Float YourselfIf there was a magical place where you could float yourself away to another dimension, would you go? I would-and I do, regularly. I discovered it through a c...
BrandiParsons8Jan 12, 20193 minSelf-love is NOT Selfish Birthdays are a time of reflection. Birthdays are a time when we celebrate another year of wisdom, another year of growth, and another year of adventure. On ...
BrandiParsons8Jan 2, 20195 min2019 - Happy New YearTen years ago, we made our annual New Year's Eve sparkler bomb with 960 sparklers. For ringing in 2019, I definitely didn't see the New Year enter at midnigh...