• Home
  • About
  • Mom Musings
  • Everyday Lessons
  • Belly & Baby
  • Tips & Ideas

Using Our Words

Slice-of-life stories about parenthood

A’ Camp Galileo-ing They Will Go

April 8, 2013 by Amy, Using Our Words 2 Comments

This summer my boys are going to camp to fail. Yes, you read that right. I don’t mean it in a discouraging way. Quite the opposite, really. You see, at Camp Galileo, part of their mission is to teach kids to dive in — to take risks and solve problems. Because when you do that, […]

Filed Under: featured, Tips & Ideas Tagged With: art, Camp Galileo, creativity, innovation, life lessons, science, summer camp

Leaping Forward

September 12, 2012 by Amy, Using Our Words Leave a Comment

When Big asked me how people in wheelchairs would get upstairs at his elementary school a couple years ago, I never dreamed he might really, in practice, need to know the answer. But one day last summer I was at a park with a friend and she used two words that shook me. Muscular dystrophy.

Filed Under: featured, Mom Musings, Tips & Ideas Tagged With: charity, friends, future, health, innovation, muscular dystrophy, support

A Bit About Me

I’m Amy, the girl next door. I’m your average obsessive mom/ happy wife/ freelance copywriter/ slice-of-life blogger/ social media addict/ chocolate lovin’ wino. Read More…

Subscribe

Some Reader Favorites

If These Walls Could Talk

At the End of the Day

Copyright © 2023 · Amy Heinz | Using Our Words

Copyright © 2023 · Lifestyle Pro Theme on Genesis Framework · WordPress · Log in