by Alissa | Nov 7, 2018 | Alissa McClure blog, motherhood, random thoughts
Everybody has them: the days when we question why we ever thought we could do this parenting thing in the first place. Those are the days when we realize that we know absolutely nothing and we were silly for ever thinking otherwise. They are painful, isolating days....
by Alissa | Oct 24, 2018 | Alissa McClure blog, lifehacks, random thoughts, self-improvement, Writing
Failure is an inevitable part of life. And it is not fun. The bigger the dream, the harder we fall when failure even hints at arriving. And sometimes when we have those big falls, we begin to wonder if it is worth it to even get back up again. We entertain the notion...
by Alissa | Sep 26, 2018 | Alissa McClure blog, random thoughts, self-improvement
I am chronically independent. To a fault. My hands can be full, my body about to topple over at any moment. yet if someone offers anything that remotely resembles help, my mouth is automatically saying, “No thanks, I’m OK,” before my brain has even...
by Alissa | Sep 12, 2018 | Alissa McClure blog, random thoughts, self-improvement
How many times have you climbed up the ladder of a slide–or a mountain–all the while thinking, “Ooh! I can’t wait to stay up here forever!”? Never, you say? Yeah, me neither. It’s because we know that our climb–no matter how...
by Alissa | Sep 5, 2018 | Alissa McClure blog, motherhood, random thoughts
A Snapshot of Today I am extra tired today. I think it is mostly just what happens after a three-day weekend when routines are paused and we spend an extra day together. Now we recover. Now we get back to our regularly scheduled days. I wake up and work with more...
by Alissa | Aug 29, 2018 | Alissa McClure blog, random thoughts, self-improvement
I recently had the opportunity to listen to an Astronomy Professor talk about stars and her particular areas of study and how they relate to people. Her words were so inspiring! As I thought more and more about her words, I couldn’t help but think of these words...
