Author: mymentech

The winter months can seem long and exhausting with little kids in the house. Especially on days that are too cold or the weather is too bad to go outside. In the warmer months, I usually send my children outside for a good portion of the day. Winter gets too cold for going outside where I live.

The reason New Year’s Resolutions don’t work is because we set our sights too high. Don’t get me wrong, I believe in discipline and self-control and finishing what I’ve set out to do but oftentimes we get so down on ourselves this time of year, we feel like we need a change, and we try to do too much at once!

Another year is gone. Another one is beginning. 2017 was a very difficult year for me. I had major surgery. We had lots of family things happen. We got behind. We lost hope for a time.

Are you a take-the-tree-down-right-after-Christmas or leave-it-up-to-the-New-Year family? This month our study will look at the memories we make with our children as we welcome the New Year. Memories are often created tradition and my Christmas tree take down has become a laughable tradition in our home.

New Year’s resolutions, singing Auld Lang Syne at the stroke of midnight or watching the Times Square ball drop. Are any of these traditions ones you find yourself doing year after year? We might not think of these as “traditions.” Maybe because we just barely made it through Thanksgiving and Christmas we don’t want to go labeling New Year’s eve or New Year’s day a holiday.