Book Review: Learning about Emmanuel's Dream
A special part of the Born Just Right community is having the chance to learn about great people, events and even books. A publicist reached out to give us a chance to read Emmanuel’s Dream, The True Story of Emanuel Ofusu Yeboah. The book is illustrated beautifully and tells the story of Emmanuel who was born…
Read More +Partnering with Type-A Conference
This post contains affiliate links, which means that if you click on one of the product links, I’ll receive compensation. All of my opinions about Type-A Conferences are mine. I’m all about announcements this week! Born Just Right is excited to be an official blog partner with the Type-A Conferences (that’s an affiliate link). Why, you…
Read More +Throwback to an epic Disney birthday
Jordan’s ninth birthday and our epic trip to Walt Disney World was at the end of December but I figured now was a great time to share her experience and start a weekly Disney Throwback Thursday series. I’m counting down to an amazing opportunity to attend the Disney Social Media Moms Celebration at Walt Disney…
Read More +Celebrate differences during Limb Loss Awareness Month
It doesn’t come with a lot of shirts or ribbons but today, the Amputee Coalition launches its fifth year of Limb Loss Awareness Month. This year, the organization is looking to help prevent older adults from amputations by checking for possible circulatory problems in feet. It’s not the focus many families have when it comes to limb loss…
Read More +Being true to myself… As a grown up
I have spent years helping encourage Jordan to be herself. Be proud. Don’t hide. As I’ve focused on those lessons, I’ve spent a consistent amount of time hiding something about me: My hair color. I started going gray when I was 18. That was a while ago and through the years, my hair has gotten…
Read More +A Disney On Ice-Inspired Elsa
Not to outdo our big #DisneySide party last weekend, Jordan and I also traversed through messy post-snow highways to see one of the final St. Louis showings of Frozen Disney on Ice. As I’ve mentioned before, Jordan has realized a connection with Elsa. In the movie, the snow queen’s frozen powers lead her to hide from the…
Read More +Sharing our #DisneySide with a pile of kids
It’s my second year sharing a really fun party focused on all things Disney. We received free products in order to host a #DisneySide @Home Celebration from Disney Parks and Mom Select. The opinions expressed here are my own. If anything, our love of Disney became incredibly clear last year. We had a chance to visit Walt Disney World…
Read More +Looking up to Zach Hodskins
Basketball is a big part of our life during this time of the year. Jordan loves the challenge. She loves being on defense. She is starting to understand the intricacies of the game. She’s grown a lot as a player. I also knew there are mentors in the basketball world. I met Kevin Laue in late…
Read More +That overwhelming moment
We are a busy family. If you add in our activities and travel and my work travel, a few things have been ignored lately: I am not exercising enough and the house is a total mess. No, not like the Hoaders show. But there are piles everywhere. The house feels like it’s kind of closing in…
Read More +Prosthetics do not change everything
The awesome expansion of the eNABLE program has made it possible for more and more children to have access to the experience of wearing a prosthetic hand. The media loves it. As someone who used to work in the tv news world, I love the story: A cute child has a chance to flex a…
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