Christmas is less than 2 weeks away and I have been missing out on all the wonder and joy of this season. Why? Because I am stuck in a place filled with negative self talk, stress, anxiety and complete overwhelmedness (I don’t even think that’s a word but I keeping it). I
I’ve been pretty quite on social media lately. I have posted a couple things here and there but for the most part I’ve been silent. Sadly it hasn’t been silent in my head. That voice that likes to tell me all the ways I am failing is talking to me nonstop. I
If you haven’t figured it out yet, I am obsessed with all things Harry Potter. So it only makes sense to throw a Harry Potter party. I have been tossing around this idea for the past couple years. A few years ago, I made some floating candles, chocolate frogs, fizzing whizzbees, warm
September 2016, I sat in our elementary school gymnasium listening to our principal and 5th grade teachers talk about the class trip to overnight camp. My mind instantly went to Emily even though I was sitting there for Jena. I thought “how is this going to work for Emily? Will she be
If you would have told me that I would be celebrating my 46th birthday by being a guest on a Podcast, I would have told you that you were nuts! Seriously, I never envisioned this to happen let alone on my birthday. This past year has been filled with ups and downs
Today is the first day of school for my kids. I’m usually not too emotional on this day. I’m ready to have some time to myself. I want them to learn and spend time with friends. But this year feels different. It is a year of first and many lasts. I thought
Unforeseen…that’s my word to sum up this summer. We are in the final stretch of summer break. The kids go back to school in a week. I can’t help but sit here and reflect on the past 3 months. They have been fun, hard, challenging, tear-filled, disappointing, uplifting, memorable, life changing, unpredictable…pretty
I have been so off track on pretty much everything in my life for the past couple months…my eating, my yoga, my mediation, my journaling, my attitude. I can’t stand it. I can feel it not only in my body but in my soul. I need to do something to get myself
Last weekend I was given the gift of spending time with 5 of my closest friends that I have known since Middle School (one since Elementary School). The definition of gift is a thing given willingly to someone without payment. My friends did just that. They gave me the gift of them…their
My dear first born how are you 13 already? I can still go back to the day you were born. The day you made me a mom. The day you made us a family. How incredibly happy I was and nervous. This was all new to me…plus I was worried you would