by Alissa | May 15, 2019 | Alissa McClure blog, Joy, motherhood, random thoughts, self-improvement
A few months ago I had the opportunity to attend a women’s conference in my area. The entire program was phenomenal. As part of the conference, every participant was given the supplies to create a painting. An instructor presented step-by-step directions to us with...
by Alissa | May 8, 2019 | Alissa McClure blog, motherhood, random thoughts, self-improvement
This morning I witnessed something that really spoke to me. As I’ve mentioned before, each morning after we take the older boys to school, my daughter and I go for a morning walk. We usually take a trail surrounding a small lake at a nearby park, a bit of an escape...
by Alissa | Apr 10, 2019 | Alissa McClure blog, Joy, motherhood, random thoughts
About a month and a half ago, I reached out to a company I admire. They provide a product I love, one that I share with people ALL the time. I was planning some content for April and was hoping they wanted to provide a coupon code or give something special to my...
by Alissa | Mar 27, 2019 | Alissa McClure blog, Joy, lifehacks, motherhood, strengthen family
You know those older computers where you click on an icon (with a mouse, pre-touchscreen) and nothing seems to happen so you click on it again and again? Suddenly, you have several windows of the same program open on your screen. That’s basically what happened...
by Alissa | Jan 30, 2019 | Alissa McClure blog, Joy, motherhood, random thoughts, strengthen family
PC: LeilaEllice This time 10 years ago I was in the hospital. I shared that adventure here if you need a refresher. And now, our house has seven people living under its roof: five of which are our children! Sometimes I have to say it out loud because it doesn’t seem...
by Alissa | Nov 7, 2018 | Alissa McClure blog, motherhood, random thoughts
Everybody has them: the days when we question why we ever thought we could do this parenting thing in the first place. Those are the days when we realize that we know absolutely nothing and we were silly for ever thinking otherwise. They are painful, isolating days....
