Earlier this week one of my sons best friends was a contestant in a spelling bee. A spelling bee that my son did not get to advance to because he had been disqualified in the first contest for spelling his word incorrectly. Was he discouraged? Naturally, yes. But without prompting, without coaching, he asked if […]
Dear Grandpa, I am sorry I gave up on you.
Dementia steals a lot of things. It steals memories. It steals smiles. It steals joy and laughter. It steals connections and conversations. But for so long the one thing I would always say it couldn’t steal, was love. Until one day, it did. It was later in the evening, later than I usually visited him […]
Learning to Live Gracefully Broken
When you lose someone close to you, there is a part of you that wonders if you’ll ever go back to feeling the way you did before they were gone. Will you ever really laugh again? Like a full out laugh til it hurts kind of laugh. Will you ever not carry the weight of […]
Falling in Love With Disney-Part two: 10 Helpful Disney Tips
As many of you know my family and I enjoy 10 wonderful days in Florida over spring break. While there we took the kids to Disney World for 3 days! Two of the days we spent at Magic Kingdom and one of the days we went to Animal Kingdom. And friends, I have to […]
Falling in Love with Disney- Part one: Our experience.
We walked through the gates of Magic kingdom, and all I could think was “we had finally made it to Disney.” After a year of saving and planning, and years of talking about it, we had finally made it. At first I was a bit overwhelmed by all of the people. I’m not really a […]
Clarity
Happy 2018 friends!! This New Year I will be working very hard on clarity. As many of you know I have often struggled with anxiety… letting worry completely consume me at times. It’s drained me of not just my joy but often of just being able to do every day things. However I have been […]
“Save me a seat”
It wasn’t very long ago that my kids would all fight over who was going to sit by me at dinner. They would all rush to the seat next to mine, pushing each other along the way, all in desperate need to sit by me. I always found it so funny. I wasn’t sure what […]
Swim Harder
This is not just for my normal momma readers. This for all the dads too… And more than that it’s for those of you who may not have children, for all those husbands and wives out there reading. And to extend it one step further it’s for those who aren’t married either. This is for […]
Darlin, Wear the Perfume.
I was about five years old when I started to take notice of my grandma’s perfume collection. She had a few different bottles on her vanity, all neatly displayed, ready to be used whenever she saw fit. But my favorite was this yellow triangle shaped bottle. I would sit and open all the tops of […]
Focusing On Your True Community
Have you ever found yourself feeling so unsettled you almost don’t feel comfortable in your own skin? Like almost as if you’re wandering around searching for something desperately, but yet, you have no idea what you’re looking for. You have no clue why your heart is racing, and why you’re about to burst into tears.. […]
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