A couple weeks ago I met a nice young lady at a networking event. She was about 12 years younger than me, pregnant, had a toddler at home and like me, was an entrepreneur. We got to talking and she asked me, “How do you do it? I’m finding it difficult to balance motherhood and [...]
My beautiful baby boy, 5 years old. I’ve gone back and forth with whether or not to write about my son. As you all know, I’m no stranger to vulnerability. I have no problem writing about my own life and struggles in order to help others, but when it comes to my children, there is [...]
We’ve all been there. Call it crisis, life stuff, drama, whatever, but all of us sometime or another get to a place where life is hard. My mom has this saying. Her reaction to anything hard is, “Shit, Martha!” I have no idea where it came from, I have no idea who Martha is, or [...]
A few weeks ago I slipped and fell on some ice. It wasn’t graceful. My feet flew out from under me and I landed directly on one elbow. It hurt like hell and still does. This post isn’t about the fall, but rather the fall was a metaphor for my own slip in my life. [...]
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Heeeey. It’s that time of year again, girls. We say goodbye to 2012 and hopefully reflect on all the things we accomplished. I did this last year and this year I’ve decided to do it a bit differently. I want to say again that this is by no means a brag list. Yes, I’m uber proud [...]
This is one of those posts that I even still shake my head in disbelief about. I mean, I have a TON of evidence that the Law of Attraction works, but this one takes the cake for 2012. If you don’t already know, I started writing a book in January of 2012. I started a [...]
I was struck by something recently. I can’t remember where I heard it, but someone was talking about of the amount of time we are here on earth compared the time of all eternity. It’s like a micro-second. And I know this. The tagline for my business is “because life’s too short for it to [...]
Ellie Schoenberger is the writer of the popular blog, One Crafty Mother, and Founder of Crying Out Now, a blog where women tell their stories of addiction and recovery and offer each other support through a vibrant and growing community. She is a jewelry artist and designer who runs a successful jewelry shop, Shining Stones, [...]