by Alissa | Apr 20, 2022 | Alissa McClure blog, Joy, motherhood, random thoughts, self-improvement, Updates
The first day I ran, I wasn’t intentionally starting a new fitness program. If I’m being totally honest, I started jogging across the crosswalk because the crossing guards had been holding up traffic for a while already and I felt guilty about keeping all those people...
by Alissa | Nov 24, 2020 | activities for kids, Alissa McClure blog, education, educational activities for kids, homeschool, motherhood, reading activities for kids, Writing
This year has changed the way our kids are educated. A lot. Many kids are at home. Many kids are at school, but in different circumstances than any of us are used to. And many parents and caregivers have taken on a more active role in the education of kids. As a...
by Alissa | Jul 9, 2020 | Alissa McClure blog, giveaway, giveaway, Joy, motherhood
Last night I cut my daughter’s fingernails. All of them. And that’s a pretty big deal because a few months ago, doctors weren’t sure she’d have a fingernail growing back on her left hand’s middle finger. They were optimistic, but not...
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!...
