by Alissa | Jul 8, 2020 | Alissa McClure blog, giveaway, Joy, motherhood, random thoughts, self-improvement, strengthen family
2020 has been hard. And I won’t even pretend to understand how hard it’s been for everyone else. I have a pretty active imagination, but I know I couldn’t even imagine some of the situations you have had to deal with. I’m so sorry. I keep...
by Alissa | Jul 7, 2020 | giveaway, giveaway, Joy, motherhood, random thoughts, self-improvement, Updates
For the entire year I had been planning to attend a writing retreat. I was so excited to go and spend some time focusing on the novel I am working on for hours on end. But then, of course, plans changed. Remember how I wrote about how unexpected last summer was for...
by Alissa | Jul 6, 2020 | Alissa McClure blog, giveaway, giveaway, motherhood, strengthen family
If there is one thing I have learned in the first eleven years of motherhood, it is this: nobody—I’m repeating it louder for those in the back–NOBODY has it all figured out. We see those moms who seem to have their stuff together and we think, “Man!...
by Alissa | Jun 17, 2020 | Alissa McClure blog
Our pandemic-induced school-at-home time has come to an end. It can officially be summer! I know that many are returning to “normal,” but because there is a possibility that somebody out there will need to accommodate their children in an at-home learning...
by Alissa | May 30, 2020 | Alissa McClure blog
There are a lot of questions about race right now and though I am heartbroken about how we’ve gotten here, I am hopeful that now that we’re here, we make a little progress in the right direction for a change. The following are three fantastic books about...
