by Michelle Lasley | Sep 8, 2020 | Family
Peter and I were barely working between the two of us, he had been laid off and with struggles feeding Levi I was barely pulling 5 hours a week. We were at the DHS office applying for food stamps when Peter got the call that yes indeed TriMet was offering him a job. We had been at the DHS office since 7:20 am and we finally got home close to 10:30 am. We barely set our things down, relieved that there was more money in our future and we could at least buy food for our small family when the phone rang. It was my mother. It was one of those phone calls where you just know something is wrong, and how wrong it was. She asked if I was sitting down, and I think I sat down. She didn’t wait to tell me and simply said, “Cristi is dead.”
by Michelle Lasley | May 21, 2020 | Blogging Before SEO, Family, Motherhood, The Balancing Act
I have a 13-year-old boy. My husband and I love our son terribly, and we didn’t plan out every detail of his existence. Namely that he would be here. So, in 2007, he came into this world a bundle of joy and moderate health problems. This was my introduction to very...
by Michelle Lasley | May 5, 2020 | Family, Food, The Green Life
How do you make 100% pure vanilla extract? It’s easier than you think! All it takes is a few simple ingredients and time. [This post originally published November 28, 2010. I wanted to spruce it up a little to compliment a podcast I recently published....
by Michelle Lasley | Feb 11, 2020 | Blogging Before SEO, Family, Food, Health, In the Home, Outside the Home, The Balancing Act, The Green Life
Food fads are a thing. Every year, it seems, we learn about something else we should or shouldn’t do or eat for so-called optimal health. Milk is in until it isn’t. Alternate kinds of milk are in until they aren’t. We can eat based on our blood types. We can use ancient traditions. We can even get into gastro-molecular inventions (what!?).
by Michelle Lasley | Dec 25, 2019 | Blogging Before SEO, Family, Podcast, Season One, The Balancing Act
Merry Christmas! I hope this podcast announcement finds you with good cheer and with those you love and who love you. I am fascinated with tradition and ritual – practices that ground us and tether us to this human existence on earth. So, for this podcast...
by Michelle Lasley | Nov 28, 2018 | Blogging Before SEO, Family, Health, Motherhood, Parenting, The Balancing Act
“Kids do well if they can,” Dr. Ross Greene My kid is pretty clever, spends too much time on screens that we don’t adequately regulate, scores average or above average on standardized tests, is generally liked by his peers, and still doesn’t...
