The Brilliant Balance Blog

I used to just abhor spending time in my car alone. This is incredibly unfortunate because as a mom of three, I spend a ridiculous amount of time behind the wheel. It just always seemed so unproductive, as though little snippets of my life were being cast off into the wind. I tried to fix the situation, but I […]

Well, hello there. Yep, you. The one with that idea in the back of your mind. That idea that keeps surfacing even though you keep pushing it back again and again. I know you don’t think it’s possible. But what if it is?  What if you really can do it? What if you actually do have what it takes?  What if […]

Every now and then, my kids think it’s hilarious to switch seats with one another at the dinner table. They include their very accommodating parents in the event as they shuffle placemats and silverware around the table like little leprechauns before clamoring into their new seats. They proceed to spend the whole meal cracking themselves up about how different everything appears from their […]

Several months ago, I noticed that my time spent on Facebook was not entirely, shall we say, productive. The same was true of Instagram. And Twitter. Much of my time on these sites was quite good, of course; it was informative, or entertaining, or both. I truly love staying up to date on the happenings of my friends and family […]

It was all of 58 degrees at our first soccer game this morning. I just adore fall, and this was our very first sign of its impending arrival.  My heart was so full as thought about the good things to come – apple pie, cozy sweaters, soup on the stove, and a trip to the pumpkin patch. Yep, that little preview of […]

My kids came home tonight talking about kickball. My oldest daughter doesn’t usually want to play it at recess (let’s just say that apple didn’t fall far from this tree), but as you might suspect, it’s one of my son’s favorite games. Today though, my daughter decided (and I quote) “to be brave and just […]

Allow me to preface this post by explaining that my husband routinely refers to me as “The Orchid” because I have approximately a one degree fahrenheit range in which I am comfortable inhabiting this Earth. One degree warmer and I’m all “I’m dying in this house – is our AC even working?” One degree colder and it’s “God, […]

This morning, I had coffee with one of my best friends. She’s someone who doesn’t let me off the hook even when I’m squirming with discomfort in conversation; she’s fearless that way.  I don’t always love it when we get into a challenging topic, because being pushed is never exactly fun. But I value it, because her push is my nudge to grow. […]