text: Holidays | Thirdeyemom
  May 25, 2015 by thirdeyemom
  For me, the long weekend for Memorial Day will always symbolize the onset of summer. It is a time when everyone packs up their cars and heads to the cabin "up north" or visits one of Minnesota's numerous state parks or lakes. It represents freedom in more ways than one. The freedom of summer and of course the freedom that we are so lucky to have living in this country. A freedom that so many brave souls have fought for […]
  Categories: Blogging, CULTURE, Holidays, Inspiration, Lake Superior, Minnesota, Reflection, Road Trips, TRAVEL, Travel by Country, United States • Tags: family, Holidays, Memorial Day, Minnesota, north shore, reflection, thirdeyemom
  January 1, 2014 by thirdeyemom
  Today is the last leg of a two-week trip bringing me from Minneapolis to Orlando, Florida to Belize, Cozumel, Fort Lauderdale and then Tucson, Arizona via Dallas and Phoenix. It has been quite the way to end 2013 and ring in the New Year. Over the last two weeks, I have set my watch up and down an hour multiple times adding a little confusion trying to keep track of what day and time it was and where I was […]
  Categories: Blogging, CULTURE, Holidays, Inspiration, Reflection • Tags: CULTURE, family, life, New Year, thirdeyemom, Travel
  November 28, 2013 by thirdeyemom
  "If you find it in your heart to care for somebody else, you will have succeeded." – Maya Angelou Today I am grateful for so much in my life. My family, this wonderful life, my health and happiness. My heart is so full of love and thankfulness. As I spend this Thanksgiving holiday with my immediate family, the first time we have all been together in years without spouses or kids, I am grateful for the love that we share […]
  Categories: Blogging, CULTURE, FAMILY, Holidays, Inspiration, Reflection • Tags: family, gratitude, reflection, Thanksgiving, thirdeyemom
  June 16, 2013 by thirdeyemom
  You taught me to bike, to run, ski and hike You taught me to dream and to seek the unseen You taught me to care, to wonder and dare You taught me to love, to fight but not shove You taught me to inspire and fulfill my desires But best of all, you taught me to be me and live life happily. Here's to you, Dad! I look back at the last ten years and all the places we've been […]
  Categories: Adventure Travel, FAMILY, Holidays, Skiing, Trekking/Hiking • Tags: family, father's day, thirdeyemom, Travel
  May 12, 2013 by thirdeyemom
  In honor of Mother's Day, I thought I'd post some photos of the mother's around the world I've seen. The more I travel and learn about mother's in other countries through my advocacy work, the more and more I realize that we are all the same. We are all mothers whose number one priority in life is our children. Nurturing, loving, holding, and caring for our babies from the first time we birth them to the time they leave us […]
  Categories: Blogging, CULTURE, FAMILY, Holidays, Inspiration, Photography • Tags: CULTURE, family, Love, mother's around the world, mother's day, Photography, thirdeyemom, Travel
  December 25, 2012 by thirdeyemom
  Colonial Williamsburg is renown for its beautiful, traditional Christmas decorations and is a perfect place to take a stroll back in time to admire the wonderful wreaths of the past. Here are some of my favorites.
  Categories: Colonial Williamsburg, Holidays, iPhonography, Photography, Travel by Country, United States, Virginia • Tags: Christmas, Colonial Williamsburg, CULTURE, holiday, Photography, Travel, Virginia
  December 22, 2012 by thirdeyemom
  "Twas The Night Before Christmas," one of the oldest and most popular Christmas poems of all times, was written in the early 19th century. Although the author is disputed (with the poem being attributed to both Clement Clarke Moore and Henry Livingston Jr). the poem was first published on Dec. 23, 1823 in upstate New York. I couldn't think of anything more fitting than using this poem to share our night before Christmas. Santa had to come to our house early as we […]
  Categories: Blogging, CULTURE, Holidays, Photo Challenges • Tags: Christmas, CULTURE, family, Holidays, Minnesota, thirdeyemom
  "Sorrow happens, hardship happens, the hell with it, who never knew the price of happiness, will not be happy". – Yevgeny Yevtushenko This has been one not so great week. Starting with last Friday when I heard the devastating news that numbed the world and froze my heart, sickness entered our house.
  Categories: Blogging, FAMILY, Holidays, Inspiration • Tags: Christmas, CULTURE, family, Holidays, illness, thirdeyemom
  December 18, 2012 by thirdeyemom
  Despite Friday's tragic events and my son's bout with the stomach flu, we were able to sneak out of the house Saturday night for one of our favorite family holiday traditions: A viewing of the Minneapolis Holidazzle Parade. We needed some cheering up and the beautiful, festive lights of the parade brought back the magic of the holiday season into our hearts. In response to A Word in your Ear's Photo Challenge: Lights, I thought I'd share some of my […]
  Categories: Blogging, Holidays, Inspiration, Photo Challenges • Tags: Christmas, CULTURE, Holidays, holidazzle parade, Minneapolis, Minnesota, thirdeyemom, Travel