BrandiParsons83 days ago2 minCooking with PapaA few weeks ago at my Monday night writing group, we talked about the word should. There are so many things we feel like we should do, bu...
BrandiParsons8Jan 262 minWord of the Year - ConnectionEach year I have a word that I adopt as a word of the year. Two years ago, in 2019, my word was courage. In 2020, well before the pandemi...
BrandiParsons8Jan 121 min2021I've been never been not so focused in my life - well, except for possibly when my family expanded from three to four, we moved ten days ...
BrandiParsons8Apr 22, 20201 minI Struggle I struggle today... Brandi shares her thoughts on her struggles today during this Covid-19 time.
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 wit...
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 w...
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 ...
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 ma...
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 hy...
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!" ...
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 disco...
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 ye...
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 Y...