The Sparkle Farms Life

Another week is just around the corner and as much as you love having all of this family time, it’s beginning to drive you a little crazy. Read on for a few tips to help you get through this week. Check back each week for a new batch of tips. On a different note, today is National Mom and Pop Business Owners Day. This...

So, it’s the first day of spring and it sure doesn’t feel like it. It’s rainy and cold. There is a sense of urgency in the air. Supermarket shelves are bare of necessities and there are police at Costco for crowd control. Schools are closed and parents who have kids in college are scrambling to get them on flights home in case there is...

Grat-i-tude (noun): the quality of being thankful; readiness to show appreciation for and to return kindness. This is the official definition according to the Oxford English dictionary. I like that it states “readiness to show appreciation”. While we should all have an attitude of gratitude every day, November seems to be the month when people are extra conscientious of it. That’s kind of the...