The recent problems that we have witnessed as children have been separated from their families at the border has rightfully stirred up anger and inspired people to step up to create change. Change is happening because of it. And more change needs to be made. Some of my initial thoughts, that ... READ the POST
It’s Time We Stop Failing The Children. #Childwelfareawareness
Where Are They Now: Part 2
Today we are giving you an update on three of our previous employees/scholarship recipients. Where they are now is inspiring, and we're excited to share them with you! Luis G. What did you do after high school? After high school, I went to a community college called South Mountain Community ... READ the POST
Where Are They Now? Be Inspired by the Lives of Our First Shine Employees
Where are they now? Follow up with what some of our previous Shine Employees are up to now! Randall was our FIRST GRAND PRIZE Scholarship Recipient! What did you do after high school? After high school, I studied Biological Science at Eastern Arizona College until I transferred to the ... READ the POST
Child Welfare Awareness
Friends, there is so much hope. There is SO MUCH HOPE in our voices and in our power. There is hope in our love and in our support, and in our ability to lead and serve well. There is hope for a better future for our children. And it starts with us having hard conversations. Step one: Post this ... READ the POST
Why We Don’t Have Biological Children
Tonight, for the first time, we are talking about why we do not have biological children. ❤ The moment we became parents to children who are not biologically ours, assumptions started. Questions and comments have been made to myself and my family the past 5 years about @mikelemieux and I having ... READ the POST
How We Did It: 5 Weeks In Europe for Under $1000
I hear it often, "I wish I had the resources to travel...", "I dream of going to Europe", "One day we'll make our dream trip". I've realized how many people are afraid to travel due to finances, and I'm here to say... Stop Waiting! You have options! Mike and I needed a reset in our lives, so we ... READ the POST
Tulum Travel Guide
I had never heard of Tulum until this year, and I feel like the best kept secret has been hiding from me! It was honestly one of the prettiest and unique places I've ever been. We flew into Cancun (which is the closest airport), and rented our own car. You can take a bus to Tulum, if you ... READ the POST
Home Tour: Front Room and Kitchen
When Mike and I moved to Nashville 10 months ago, we had an estate sale at our house in Phoenix and sold everything that we owned. Watching our things, and the kid's furniture leave our home in a glorified garage sale was incredibly over whelming. It wasn't the "things" that I was going to miss. It ... READ the POST
Read This If You Ever Wonder Why It Has To Rain
I went on a run today. It was raining and I had this moment where I felt as if it was just me, and the rain. It was pounding on me, it felt cold, but alive. I've felt rain many times before, but tonight, I recognized that I was running... even in the rain. Today felt like a mess. It did. I ... READ the POST
What You Need to Know About Being a Foster Parent
I've put off writing this for months. But it keeps coming back up because of the thousands of questions I receive about being a foster parent, how to become one, what it's like, etc. I feel that I need to use my voice for the 700,000 children in this country who live in foster care. Before I ... READ the POST
The Most Magical Winter: Germany Travel Guide
This year, Mike and I knew that we needed to do something different for Christmas, because following our same traditions without our kids didn't feel right. I spent weeks trying to figure out the right place for us to spend Christmas, spent hours researching top places around the world to spend the ... READ the POST
Adventurers, Assemble!
The word adventure, back in it's early origin, meant, "to take a chance." In the 1600s the word Adventurer meant "one who seeks adventures." Or, in other words, one who seeks to take a chance. I didn't know this growing up, but I, in fact, am an adventurer. I used to mistake this, as well as people ... READ the POST
The Grief Between Us: 5 Ways To Strengthen Your Marriage During Grief/Trauma/or Loss.
I was scared when we lost our kids, for a lot of reasons. On top of everything else I was feeling... I was scared for us. For Mike and I. For our marriage and relationship that for so long centered around our children, and then was gone. I was scared because I was so tired. SO tired. And I was mad, ... READ the POST
5 Ways to Walk Confidently Throughout Your Day
Sponsored by Zappos Moving to Nashville has been such a new, exciting, refreshing and crazy change in our lives. Being here has helped us keep moving towards our dreams. I launched an online course for women entrepreneurs a month ago, and working with all of the amazing women who enrolled has ... READ the POST
A Letter for My Kids, On Their First Day Of School
A LETTER TO MY KIDS, ON THEIR FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL If the kids were still with us, they would have started school today. It hurts me to not be antsy, waiting in the school pick up line to hear about their first day, what they're excited about, who's in their class, and to see them grow another ... READ the POST
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