Colin’s New Dresser
If you read my last post, then you know I started refinishing old furniture Summer 2016. Finding old pieces that were in decent condition that I could bring back to life became an addiction. We had more dressers, buffets, tables and nightstands in our garage than any one person should! After a couple of years, I slowed down the refinishing projects and liquidated MOST of my pieces
Finding Projects That Heal.
Ever feel like you needed saving? This is how ‘finding furniture’ saved me. When my son Benjamin died in 2016, I needed a hobby. I needed something to work on, something to do – even though I still had two of my almost-4-year-old triplets. I needed something (anything) to help combat this new feeling of despair, if just for a little while. I started rehabbing old furniture.
Books to Help Talk About Death and Heaven with Young Children
Have your young children lost someone close to them and you weren’t sure how to talk about it? Books can help introduce tough topics, and here are a few that really helped my family as we adjusted to life without my son.
“Mom, do you not like being a parent?”
This was the simple question from my young son as I was helping him in the shower one night… simply trying to get him to rinse the shampoo out of his hair, for what felt like the millionth time.
