Connection is my highest core value, so being connected to my daughters is essential to me. Even with living in a society where parents spend an average of 7 minutes of meaningful interaction with their children, I’ve designed my life to include hours of daily connection with my daughters. We talk about everything and have …
At the Disney Social Media Moms Celebration, we had the chance to be the first audience to see the teaser trailer for Disney’s CHRISTOPHER ROBIN and to hear from Kristin Burr and have a Q & A session with her. She was very friendly and conversational during her presentation and she was wearing a really cool red dress …
I just spent an hour talking about confidence and self-esteem with Elyssa and crying tears of joy. At fourteen, sometimes I’ve looked at her and wondered where my baby has gone and, in just an hour, I feel like I have her back. It was a natural birth and her one-year-old sister was in the …
I’m so excited that Disney Pixar’s Coco won the Academy Awards for Best Animated Picture and Best Song for “Remember Me.” Other animated Disney films that have taken an Oscar home are “Zootopia,” “Inside Out,” “Big Hero 6,” “Frozen,” and “Brave.” I loved when Lee Unkrich accepted the Oscar and said: “With ‘Coco,’ we tried …
Ever since Sean Bailey (President of Walt Disney Studios Motion Picture Production) announced the 2018 release of Mary Poppins Returns at D23 Expo, I’ve been giddy about this movie. I loved seeing Emily Blunt on stage with director/producer Rob Marshall, telling us more about the making of this film. Today, I’m excited to share with you the new …
I’m currently waking up from a Disney Dream. My family and I spent 8 days immersed in Disney wonder and magic, for the Disney Social Media Moms Celebration Land and Sea. We spent a few days at Walt Disney World Resort and sailed aboard the Disney Cruise Line to Disney’s Private Island, Castaway Cay. While …
I can’t speak for every immigrant, but whenever I contemplated even the faintest possibility of traveling to the US, I always dreamed I could go to Walt Disney World®. Growing up in extreme poverty, I didn’t even think I could ever set foot in such a magical place, and I feel so blessed that my …
There are questions and concerns that come with every stage of childhood. There was a time I wondered if my baby was nursing enough, if my infant was wetting enough diapers, or whether my toddler was developing appropriately for her age. With the school years, comes a new quest, you want to make sure your …
To nurture is to “care for and encourage the growth or development of.” One of our sacred responsibilities as moms is to nurture our children in every possible way , and I think that, though we are not great at recognizing it just yet, every mom does her personal best to care for and encourage …
A positive mom knows the power of words. Words have meaning beyond the dictionary. Words carry energy that can shape our destiny. Words can aid us or derail us from designing a purposeful, conscious life, a life we love living. I always quote the Bible verse that teaches us that “Death and Life are in …