Your Weekly Dose of Joy: Clothing Memories, Family Fun, and Ruffle Skirts!
Weekly Joy A little bit of Joyful Support directly in your inbox! Clothes are important because we give them value. We get to pick clothes that feel like us. Different clothes can bring out different sides of you. This week, we are looking at how we can create joy around our clothes. Let’s jump right in! Joy Happenings This past week on Sharing The Middle, Lacey had a conversation with her nieces to explore her role as an aunt. It ended up being a deeper conversation about the emotions and…
Your Weekly Dose of Joy: Fiction, Musk Oxen, and Bears
Weekly Joy A little bit of Joyful Support directly in your inbox! This week we are embracing and exploring the joy of fiction. There is something so fun about getting lost in another world can be so magical and full of joy. So to jump of this week we want to know: How do you consume the most fiction? Books TV Movies Other (if you choose this please respond with what it is so I can keep track!) Joy Happenings This week on the blog, Lacey makes the case for having the joy of a beach read all…
Your Weekly Dose of Joy: Inside Jokes, Pet Name Palooza, and Home Quests
Weekly Joy A little bit of Joyful Support directly in your inbox! Inside jokes make me feel warm and fuzzy inside. The shared history of something you experienced with another can be such a gift. And from those shared experiences, we sometimes end up with funny nicknames. We will explore joyful support through funny nicknames this week. Joy Happenings From Sara: After years of hearing my friend and her husband call one another ‘Baby Das’, I finally asked ‘What is that from?’ It went back over…
Your Weekly Dose of Joy: Velociraptors, Dogs on Skateboards, and Secret Talents.
Weekly Joy A little bit of Joyful Support directly in your inbox! We adore talent shows. The purity of sharing what comes naturally to you and knowing it may bring joy to others is some good clean fun. There is also a level of bravery that comes along with talent shows – showing up and sharing your gift with the world takes courage! This week we explore joyful support through fun talents and party tricks. Joy Happenings Sara’s Secret Talent Sara is going to share a secret talent. Ok, not a…
Your Weekly Dose of Joy: You’re a Super Hero, We’re your Sidekick
Weekly Joy A little bit of Joyful Support directly in your inbox! My family loves superheroes. On a daily basis, we talk about Spidey and his Amazing Friends, the Hulk, or my favorite, Wonder Woman. It’s to the point that last night during dinner, my husband started playing a song, and before it even registered with me, my 3-year-old daughter yelled out, “Batman!” It brought my husband so much joy because his favorite is Batman. This week, our joyful prompt is asking about what superpower…
Your Weekly Dose of Joy: Beginnings, Endings, and a Challenge
Weekly Joy A little bit of Joyful Support directly in your inbox! Life is about beginnings and endings, and this week we are feeling that hard. As season 2 of No Shame in The Home Game comes to an end, we are thinking about the bittersweet nature of endings. There are so many photos of the end of the school year and graduation that it’s definitely bittersweet for parents. We see you – whether it’s a good or bad ending, we can always count on a new beginning coming next (like our call for…
Your Weekly Dose of Joy: Get Recognized, Lucky Socks, and Transformation
Weekly Joy A little bit of Joyful Support directly in your inbox! This week, we had a significant realization about one of the things that we genuinely want you to get out of The Joyful Support Movement: To Feel Seen. Whether that is in a story we share or a step you can take, we want you to know your experience is valid, noticed, and you’re not alone. We don’t pretend to know your challenges or how to fix them all, but we want to be a safe space for them to exist. Our hope is that by being…
Your Weekly Dose of Joy: Beach Popsicles, Surprising Food Combinations, and Summer Prep
Weekly Joy A little bit of Joyful Support directly in your inbox! A message from Lacey – My son keeps asking me if it’s summer yet. Spring is my favorite season, but for some reason this year, I understand his desire for long summer days and the fun that can go along with it. Probably because I feel like the rain is never-ending here. I’m sure I will be annoyed with sweating so much in just a few short weeks. I will be daydreaming of beach popsicles until then. Anyway, let’s jump into our…
Your Weekly Dose of Joy: Tuesdays feel right, Lifelong Friendships, and Unrecognized Triumphs
Weekly Joy A little bit of Joyful Support directly in your inbox! Howdy, Friends! Quick housekeeping – The Joyful Support Newsletter will be hitting your inboxes on Tuesdays! Part of Joyful Support is setting ourselves up for success, and this change will set us up for more success (why are Mondays so busy?!?). Let’s jump into our Joyful Support Steps. Joy Happenings Last week, you started to hear more about Lacey’s story in this week’s Sharing The Middle. Specifically, growing up through the…
Your Weekly Dose of Joy: Family stories, Kid Like Wonder, and Salad drawers
Weekly Joy A little bit of Joyful Support directly in your inbox! Hello, Joy Enthusiasts! Quite a few of you are new here, and we are so excited to have you. We’re not going to dance around it; instead, we’ll jump right into working through the steps of Joyful Support together. Joy Happenings This week, Lacey continued her journey of hyping others and sharing stories. This led her to read a woman’s blog that included her late mother’s poetry and prose. It really touched Lacey and got her…