One of my biggest takeaway lessons from counseling (and if you are working through your own demons I’m sure it’s one you’ve heard before) is that anger is a secondary emotion. That notion has become so engrained into my psyche that I have made it a practice to try my best to sit in anger…
You know what? Life is hard. Sometimes the hard is so unrelenting and the pockets of joy are so few and far between and their relief so temporary that it feels like the hard is what life is now. When my kids were teeny tiny and I was in the trenches of toddler hard, many…
Continue reading ➞ Night Lights
My Spotify playlist is a thing of car rides and because I have five kids that partake in (what feels like) 17 activities we are allllways riding in a car. Our drives are spent flipping between various playlists. We take turns playing “Carpool Karaoke” and crooning to our favorite tunes. On this particular day (in…
Continue reading ➞ Singing the Blues
I eat mostly intuitively. I move my body almost every day. And here’s a snapshot of said body. My BMI says I’m obese. My belly looks lumpy and it is the antithesis of flat. Agree to disagree but I have no intention of losing weight or even trying to change my shape. Because something deep…
Continue reading ➞ Body Balance
Following the 2016 election, two friend’s wives embarked on a #stophate t-shirt campaign that would eventually lead to the formation of Love Will Foundation. It would seem that year unleashed a global can of worms that has since triggered an unending slew of “da fuq is happening?” type unprecedented world events. Looking back, I think…
Continue reading ➞ Finding Hope
When my husband and I first started dating we were out at some generic restaurant chatting the night away. In between bites of food I remember looking across the way and seeing an elderly couple eating their meal in complete and utter silence. At that moment I thought to myself, “I hope that is never…
Continue reading ➞ Silent Night
You know when I was in nursing school I failed one of my first exams in one of my first nursing courses and I failed it by two measly questions. After the test review, the instructor pulled me aside to personally point out that I wasn’t nurse material and that I should just go ahead…
Continue reading ➞ You’ve Got School
Well today's post is going to be super short and semi sweet. Well I don't know about the sweet part but I liked the sound of all the s's together. It will also be full of 'tense hopping' because I can't seem to figure out if loss is past or present and if grief is…
Continue reading ➞ Monday Mourning
It's Valentine's Day and whether that is a holiday that means jack shit to you or you find it mesmerizing, I just wanted to drop in with a little love letter. A few thing to remember on this day of spreading love, if you will. So without further ado... Whether or not you have a…
Continue reading ➞ Love Letter: You are Worthy
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