by Kelly Richardson | Feb 23, 2022 | Just Doing Life, Parenting, Relationships
Last weekend my husband and I went to San Diego for a quick weekend getaway. We decided to just chill and eat at the hotel bar Friday night and, by luck, sitting next to us was a lady named Michele. A conversation struck and two and a half hours later, we felt like...
by Kelly Richardson | Feb 1, 2022 | Parenting, Relationships, Teenagers
Once on a middle school field trip my good friend decided to moon a random car on the freeway from his spot in the back of the big yellow bus. Only that “random” car wasn’t so random, it was the car of chaperones. He got busted big time. In high school my friends and...
by Kelly Richardson | Jan 5, 2022 | Just Doing Life, Parenting, Relationships, Self Care
2022 is here and it’s time to pick another word going forward. I stopped making resolutions and started picking a “word of the year” a few years back. Most people make New Years resolutions and have failed them by January 31. Often, the resolutions simply get...
by Kelly Richardson | Dec 14, 2021 | Just Doing Life, Parenting, Self Care
When I was fresh out of college in my first real job, I was invited to a Christmas lunch at the home of one of my co-workers. Her house was lovely, out of a magazine with boughs of holly and wreathes perfectly placed everywhere. The tree was like nothing I had ever...
by Kelly Richardson | Oct 19, 2021 | Just Doing Life, Parenting, Teenagers
It’s a moment I’ll never forget. I was a senior in high school and working on writing my college applications. Back in the day, everything was done on a typewriter or hand written. It was a long process and my parents’ dining room table became a makeshift...
