Want to stop micromanaging your capable kids?
Want to stop micromanaging your capable kids?
Kid-Friendly Cleaning Checklists + Editable Templates
The Bathroom Reset is the step-by-step “cleaning recipe” I made for my own kids so they could learn to clean their bathroom without me standing in the doorway narrating the whole thing.
It turns one vague, overwhelming job into clear little steps with a beginning, middle, and end.
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Life is hard enough. Let’s make it a little more beautiful together.
On my Substack, I write essays about love in all its forms, from an old Italian love story I’m publishing one chapter at a time, to motherhood, to the quiet work of becoming ourselves. I also share gems from Everyday Così! Like the practical systems, seasonal traditions, and little everyday rituals that help my ADHD brain build a family and home life I genuinely enjoy living.
If that sounds like your kind of place, I’d love to have you over at It’s All Love.
Coming this fall!
SONG OF SEPTEMBER
Better Get to Livin’ by Dolly Parton
People always comin' up to me and askin'
"Dolly, what's your secret?
With all you do, your attitude
Just seems to be so good
How do you keep it?"
Well, I'm not the Dalai Lama, but I'll try
To offer up a few words of advice.
You better get to livin', givin'
Don't forget to throw in a little forgivin'
And lovin' on the way
You better get to knowin', showin'
A little bit more concerned about where you're goin'
Just a word unto the wise
You better get to livin'.
A girlfriend came to my house
Started cryin' on my shoulder Sunday evening
She was spinnin' such a sad tale
I could not believe the yarn that she was weavin'
So negative the words she had to say
I said if I had a violin I'd play.
I said you'd better get to livin', givin'
Be willing and forgivin'
Cause all healing has to start with you
You better stop whining, pining
Get your dreams in line
And then just shine, design, refine
Until they come true
And you better get to livin'.
Your life's a wreck, your house is mess
And your wardrobe way outdated
All your plans just keep on falling through
Overweight and under paid, under appreciated
I'm no guru, but I'll tell you
This I know is true.
You better get to livin', givin'
A little more thought about bein'
A little more willin' to make a better way
Don't sweat the small stuff
Keep your chin up
Just hang tough
And if it gets too rough
Fall on your knees and pray
And do that everyday
Then you'll get to livin'.
The day we're born we start to die
Don't waste one minute of this life
Get to livin'
Share your dreams and share your laughter
Make some points for the great hereafter.
Better start carin'
Better start sharin'
Better start tryin'
Better start smiling
And you better get to livin'...
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