My WHY!

My life is nothing short of crazy.  I have three boys - Cam (11), Grady (7), and Owen (5).  They all have larger than life personalities, are very sarcastic, and are too smart for their ages.  I can barely keep up.  I'm already uncool and technologically inferior.  But they are my "WHY" for everything I do in life.  I want to be better for them.  And I want the world to be better for them.  My hope is for them to live in a world that is kind, accepting, open for them to explore, and challenging in all the good ways.  I want them to see and experience all that life has to offer.  And my goal is to teach them to be humbled by experiences and grateful for all that they have.  If you are wondering why this blog?  They are my why.

What does "kindful" even mean?

The short answer is: yes I made it up.  It's a way I've found of explaining mindfulness to my boys.  "Mindfulness" is such an abstract concept for a lot of kids.  For some adults too.  But the way I see it if you are kind to yourself, kind to others, and kind to the earth you have captured the essence of mindfulness.  And being kind is something that I think everyone can relate to and appreciate.