Category Archives: Family

On Parenting, Daily Struggles and Permission to Fail

By Joanna Ciolek | Published: February 1, 2012

It is impossible to live your life without failing at something, unless you live so cautiously that you might as well not have lived at all. In which case you fail by default. ~J.K.Rowling Failure is a part of life. In parenting, failure is not an option we’re willing to tolerate. Most of us are [...]

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Snow Fun in Sunny Colorado

By Joanna Ciolek | Published: January 25, 2012

Even though it’s been unseasonable warm winter we’ve had a nice amount of snowfall so far. Which is perfect because our entire backyard is covered with snow and plenty of it too. And snow in 55F weather is just SO MUCH FUN. So this morning when I stuck my nose out I was immediately overpowered [...]

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Finding Grace in Every Day #5

By Joanna Ciolek | Published: January 4, 2012

There is nothing quite like a dose of seasonal depression or whatever you want to call this bout of blues many of us are experiencing these days to make your day suck. And I’ve had some sucky days lately. Over the last month or so, I’ve been consumed by feelings of sadness and exhaustion. I’ve [...]

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Words Don’t Matter; Just Hearing You Talk Helps.

By Joanna Ciolek | Published: December 28, 2011

“Love, expressed” So you know how I wrote that I’ve been feeling down, overwhelmed, unworthy and generally sad for weeks now? Yeah, that. And when you feel like THAT the last thing on your mind is sex. Well, as sex can be an escape from reality, however momentary, maybe for some sex is the way [...]

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Our November: Busy, Crazy and So Much Fun!

By Joanna Ciolek | Published: November 30, 2011

November was a particularly busy month for us. It feels like it rolled right past us actually, especially with the darkness falling earlier and earlier every day.  And my hubby’s long work hours only made days go by faster. So between school, work, parties and other get-togethers November was pretty crazy. I can barely believe [...]

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Finding Grace in Every Day #4

By Joanna Ciolek | Published: November 23, 2011

Am I As Thankful As I Should Be? Over the years I’ve been thankful for the small and sometimes silly things like a great movie night, being able to fit into my decade-old jeans, a good laugh with friends, feeling my kid’s warm body as we fall asleep, a husband who prefers family road trips [...]

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Finding Grace in Every Day #3

By Joanna Ciolek | Published: October 26, 2011

Gosh, it really feels like there’s never enough hours in the day. Yet, in between taking care of the kids, work, home and running all kinds of errands (while completely neglecting the husband) I did manage to experience some precious, even if short, moments that are full of joy, peace and pure perfection. Finding Grace [...]

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We’re Off to the Pumpkin Patch: Orange Photo-Shoot

By Joanna Ciolek | Published: October 19, 2011

Orange is my favorite color so it’s no wander that fall is my favorite season. Great time to snap some brightly colored photos. We’re Off to the Pumpkin Patch Last weekend we went to Hill’s Harvest, a local pumpkin patch & shop place. I loved that it was just 10 minutes from our house and [...]

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    My name is Joanna Ciolek and I'm a social media junkie, family gal (mom to three boys), passionate web designer, photographer, techie, wine and sushi lover.

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