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Tag Archives: family bonding
What a “Hands Free” Fall Looks Like
It all started with an innocent glass jar filled with heavy cream. I watched as my 9-year-old daughter shook and shook with excitement until … ta-da! Real butter! She even made a batch of toast so the whole family could … Continue reading
The Value of a Moment
My mom never had a diamond in her wedding band—just a simple gold band on her slightly crooked ring finger that I have watched grow leaner over the years. What used to be plump, unlined skin is now delicately thin—exposing … Continue reading
Place Your Hands On What Matters
My eight-year-old daughter recently performed in her holiday piano recital. Normally I get teary-eyed watching my children in any type of performance, whether they are singing at the top of their lungs atop a rock at the park or whether … Continue reading
Come Closer
Being Hands Free to grasp what really matters often means going outside my comfort zone, not taking the “easy,” route, and accepting the fact that the way I’ve “always done it,” may not be the best way. Usually it begins … Continue reading
Tipping The Scales
On the way home from my Mother’s Day dinner, my daughters asked if we could visit the pet store. My husband and I happily oblige our daughters’ requests for pet store visits as these adventures allow us to put off … Continue reading
Posted in Memory Bank, Sunset Moments
Tagged alternatives to a birthday party, embracing your child's passions, family bonding, family memories, fish for pets, grasp what matters, hobbies with your children, living Hands Free as a family, meaningful birthday ideas for kids, spend time with, talk to your children, we create our children's memories
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If You Only Knew
*For the privacy of this individual, her name has been changed In this journey to become Hands Free, I have really started listening. Not just listening more intently to my own inner thoughts and feelings, but listening to other people. … Continue reading
Posted in Living In Realness, Putting Distraction In Its Place, The Truth Hurts (and Heals)
Tagged 20 minutes with your child, distraction, family bonding, I need a wake up call, knowing your child, letting go of distraction, personal connection with your child, spend time with your children
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There May Be Tears
On Valentine’s Day, my daughters and I put a little happiness in one of the most unsuspecting places for people who least suspected it. We remembered those who are often forgotten. And the results were profound. Our trash collectors were … Continue reading
Posted in Hands Free Evidence, Take Time to Say It, The Hands Free Revolution
Tagged acts of kindness, angel, doing things with your child, family bonding, grasp what matters, mail carriers, making people feel appreciated, Note writing, showing thanks, The Hands Free Revolution, trash, trash collectors
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The Girl With The Broken Smile
Follow up can mean many things to this Hands Free Mama, but in today’s case, I am going to “follow up” on one of the tactics for living Hands Free that I previously wrote about. This week, my posts will … Continue reading
I Had It All
Last weekend I was inspired by my readers to “raise the bar” on my growing desire to live Hands Free. So I did something that was challenging for me. I turned off my hand held communication device and my computer … Continue reading
Posted in I Have Today, Putting Distraction In Its Place, The Hands Free Revolution
Tagged being focused, being in the moment, daily distraction, family bonding, family memories, family time, grasp what matters, living in the now, Memory Bank, quality time, Sunset Moments, time in my hands, turn off your Blackberry, turn off your cell phone, unplugged
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The Beauty Inside The Fold
Before I became Hands Free I loathed folding clean laundry. The unsightly mile-high heap created a persistent bother (similar to a wart) whenever I caught sight of it passing by the laundry room. Eventually, I couldn’t stand the eyesore any … Continue reading
Posted in Memory Bank, Perfect Imperfection, What I Would Have Missed
Tagged dirty laundry, doing things with your child, family bonding, family time, folding laundry, household chores with your children, household tasks, making a memory, Memory Bank, type A, type A personality, what really matters
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