Loraine Griffiths
Planning a memorable summer vacation
I’ve been on a quest for the past three weeks trying so hard to find a family vacation that won’t break the bank. I found it that this...
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Loraine Griffiths
- Mar 27
Finding ways to make time for myself
It’s been a crazy, few weeks here. The holidays wrapped up and my football season kept going and ended at the Super Bowl. It was another...
Loraine Griffiths
- Jan 23
You get what you get and you don’t get upset
Oh man that line resonated so hard this Christmas. Well, I’ll tell you what we all got and that was the flu. What we had to learn to...
Loraine Griffiths
- Dec 19, 2022
The good, the bad and the ugly of the holiday season
When I was a child, Christmas was magical. Christmas night rides with my mom to look at the lights, with a gingerbread cookie in hand...
Loraine Griffiths
- Nov 28, 2022
Cooking for family for Thanksgiving
Lately all I want to do is snuggle up with a soft blanket, sip coffee and binge watch TV. Hibernation mode has begun as the weather has...
Loraine Griffiths
- Nov 7, 2022
Looking at friendships at age 40
Friendships at 40 look a lot different than friendships at 10, 20, and 30. At this age you may make plans, you break plans, you may self...
Loraine Griffiths
- Oct 3, 2022
The untold power of being a working mother is like no other
I am telling my story, and the stories of moms I have had long in-depth conversations about raising their children while holding a career....
Loraine Griffiths
- Aug 22, 2022
Grab your tissue, because I’m still crying
As summer fades into fall I can’t help but get excited about everything to come.
Loraine Griffiths
- Aug 1, 2022
Taking a trip back to simpler times
I would like to trade my adult ticket in for a trip back to my childhood please.
Loraine Griffiths
- Jun 27, 2022
Creating a list of summer fun
This Monday was a weird one. I was starting my work week and the kids were wrapping up their one-day school week.
Loraine Griffiths
- May 23, 2022
Being ‘good citizens’
If you’re a parent, have you ever really looked at your children?
Loraine Griffiths
- May 2, 2022
Don’t you dare buy your mother a vacuum
With Mother’s Day on the horizon, I feel it’s only fair to share my literal labor of love with all of you.
Loraine Griffiths
- Mar 28, 2022
Answering child’s questions about communion
My middle child, Lily is receiving first holy communion this year and she has tons of questions.
Loraine Griffiths
- Feb 21, 2022
Life lessons from the movie Encanto
At this point of my life, I am more than positive that every parent, grandparent, child, even teenager has seen Encanto.
Loraine Griffiths
- Jan 31, 2022
Finding love is possible
Now for those of you that didn’t know me at 22, I was a hot mess. I truly believed that I would be alone for the rest of my life.
Loraine Griffiths
- Dec 27, 2021
Co-opt rescue mission: Find Elfie
Picture this, it’s Thanksgiving evening and your middle child has been talking about her elf and his arrival for months.
Loraine Griffiths
- Nov 12, 2021
There’s nothing scarier than a ‘Mombie’
If you’re a mother, you will relate to the way I have been feeling lately.
Loraine Griffiths
- Oct 29, 2021
Life with Loraine: Unplugged
It’s a typical Tuesday afternoon working from home. My cat is sitting on my keyboard, while I’m working on multiple projects.
Loraine Griffiths
- Sep 24, 2021
Sunday dinners with Loraine
As a child I remember Sunday dinners fondly—not just for the pasta, but because it was the one time a week the whole family gathered.
Loraine Griffiths
- Aug 20, 2021
Fashion coming full circle
Recently my 12-year-old, Ava asked me if I kept any of my clothing from the late ‘90s to early 2000s.
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