by Brooke Wheeldon-Reece | Mar 8, 2020 | Blog
The texts came in slowly. “I tried to help him.” “I talked to him every day.” “I tried to try to save him.” My heart sank and my mind flooded. The irony is not lost on me. She just lost her brother, first to drugs, now to suicide. He was so young. His childhood barely...
by Brooke Wheeldon-Reece | Jan 18, 2019 | Blog
As 2018 came to a close I began to notice something almost unrecognizable about my own existence. Though dripping with children, 20lbs heavier, and so exhausted I could barely make it through Christmas dinner, I was met with a sense of peace, contentment, lightness...
by Brooke Wheeldon-Reece | May 23, 2018 | Blog
Mornings are not where I will be winning any parental or leadership awards – ever. This morning I was feeling tired and grouchy… and feeling bad about my tired and grouchy-ness because I just got home from a trip to London and my sweet kids haven’t seen...
by Brooke Wheeldon-Reece | Apr 4, 2018 | Blog
I can already feel the mom police revving their engines…the sirens are about to blow. I humbly request that you slowly take the keys out of the ignition and read…to the end…before deciding on my punishment. I get it, I think my kids rock too and if I could just get...
by Brooke Wheeldon-Reece | Mar 3, 2018 | Blog
Here at the SPARK Initiative, a lot of our time and energy is spent in classrooms, helping kids of all ages learn about their SPARK. It’s rewarding work that we adore, but our impact as a team of only 4 – no matter how dedicated we are — has its limits. A few...
