If you asked me when I first started blogging where I’d be in the year 2021, I would never have predicted what we’re experiencing right now. Finding routine and structure has truly been saving my sanity throughout dealing with the state of the world. The Tiger…
If this year has provided us with nothing else, it has given us a chance to deeply look at our lives, goals, and decisions more closely. We have had more TIME than ever before to begin reflecting on designing our days with intention and healing our…
Believe it or not, it’s been 40 days since life as we know it (at least in my home) has completely changed. I left work on March 13, 2020–didn’t get to say goodbye to my students, and have been thrown into a realm of distance learning,…
Oh, the holiday hustle! We run run run towards Christmas like a fat kid chasing some french fries (oh wait…that’s me), and then we just…stop. There’s a meme that says something to the like of, “that week between Christmas and New Year’s where you have no…
Lately, I’ve have to come to some startling (to me) realizations about myself. The last year I’ve been really rude and hurtful to people who tend to do the most for me. Mainly, my husband and my Mom. This is a vulnerable post for me to…
I don’t do the whole new year thing these days. At the risk of sounding like a real spiritual douche, I used to gather books, affirmations, and have all of these ideas of what I thought I would do once the new year was rung in.…
As part of my new year goals, I wanted to really focus on writing again for myself and practicing more gratitude. I also realized that I tend to have a very “all or nothing” personality which has stopped me from completing certain goals in the past.…
Every year I hear the same thing–“you don’t get a flu shot? But what it you get the flu?” And I just smile, nod, and move along with my day. We were never “flu shot people” and when I lived home, I was usually coerced into…
FYI: This is a raw, post that won’t be talking about essential oils, crunchy mom life, or even vegan fancy pants cosmetics and recipes. So, if hearing about my manic mood swings isn’t for you? Come back in a week when I’m talking about a new…
Somehow some way, I’m the mama of a toddler. Leo’s second birthday was on November 21 and we had a low-key celebration at home complete with a baby shark cake made by Keith and a breakfast of pumpkin munchkins (who am I???) At each new milestone,…