Single mama, I know the holidays aren’t always exactly happy. They can look like a lot of second guessing and hoping that all the effort is enough. Are you creating enough fun traditions and memories? Were you able to get enough gifts? Will you get enough time on Christmas day with splitting the holiday? YouContinue reading “The Not so Happy Holidays (for the single mama)”
Category Archives: self awareness
We All Have Moments (4 Things to Help With the “Not So Good” Moments)
This week, for the first time in a while, it didn’t feel like a chore to smile. While leaves are changing and stores are exploding with Christmas items, for many, this is the most wonderful time of the year. For some, it is the most difficult. And I think I may have joined the “some”.Continue reading “We All Have Moments (4 Things to Help With the “Not So Good” Moments)”
Don’t Be So Easy
My prayer is that I am never again so easy; that we are never again too easy. More times then I want to admit, I have allowed others to get things from me with limited effort. Giving all of me for not even part of them in return. Taking advantage of me, but with myContinue reading “Don’t Be So Easy”
Get Off That Shelf! (Remembering your strength)
Get down from that shelf! Sis, I’m sorry for yelling, but don’t you know you are way too much of a prize to be put on anyone’s shelf? Far too often we take a space on a shelf, allowing others to determine exactly what it is they want from us or with us. Giving themContinue reading “Get Off That Shelf! (Remembering your strength)”
To Be Or Not To Be….the girl with the list?
Purple! More specifically lavender. If I have to respond one more time to the question: What’s your favorite color?, I think I’m going to lose it. Imagine dating in your 30s and having to answer the same questions you answered as a teenager. Horrifying right? And don’t get me wrong, I understand how important itContinue reading “To Be Or Not To Be….the girl with the list?”
Sis, you are not milk….
Sis, please don’t ever forget, you are not milk. There isn’t an expiration date stamped on your side. There is far too much pressure being placed on you because of all the imaginary timelines. Timelines designed by others; for your life. But quite frankly, screw those timelines and even the guidelines. No one knows YOUContinue reading “Sis, you are not milk….”
I’m so proud of you (Vacation in Montego Bay, Jamaica)
I recently vacationed in Montego Bay, Jamaica. Now, I won’t lie and say I wasn’t initially nervous. Mom guilt set in heavy and I was concerned with being away from my son for 6 whole days (the longest I had ever been away from him). But this vacation was so needed and daily FaceTime callsContinue reading “I’m so proud of you (Vacation in Montego Bay, Jamaica)”
Butterflies or Warning Signs? (Reasons you are dating the same person in a different body)
Let’s talk about the butterflies. Romance movies and novels teach us to believe the only way to know if we like/love a person is if we get that special feeling in our stomachs. The butterflies. Far too often we go into each new relationship in search of that feeling. But what happens when we becomeContinue reading “Butterflies or Warning Signs? (Reasons you are dating the same person in a different body)”
Blooming on Purpose
At the start of this year, I decided I would regularly buy myself flowers. I won’t say it was a resolution or that it even made it to my vision board. But, it has become a major part in me learning to become more intentional. I needed to learn to treat myself and do forContinue reading “Blooming on Purpose”
“Knowing is Half the Battle” (Things I wish I knew at the end of my marriage)
A few weeks ago, Facebook thought it was important to notify me of a special memory. This memory had received probably more likes than anything I’ve ever posted (and I have been on Facebook since the summer before going to college). Yes, that was 2007, and yes I am getting old. But anyway, the memoryContinue reading ““Knowing is Half the Battle” (Things I wish I knew at the end of my marriage)”
Flowers Need Rain 