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Zackary's Birthday Letter: 2023

Dear Zackary; You are TWO years old (okay, I admit, I'm writing this two days before your actual birthday...but you're BASICALLY TWO...

Rediscovering The Magic

Earlier this year, my 11 year old nephew, Ryan, got very into the Harry Potter series. Ryan has always had a love for reading. He read...

A Different Kind of Complicated Grief

My husband and I are not going to have any more children. I won't go into the reasons here, because frankly, it's no one's business. So...

Breaking the Booze: My Journey on Why I Quit Drinking

I feel like this is something I have talked about on social media, but when I asked folks on my Instagram if it was something they wanted...

Through Accepting Limits

I know, it's been a minute. My fall workload is intense, and this year has been no exception. But let's move on to today's installment....

Measure Your Life in Love

Over the summer, my Pastor did a little series where each week his sermon was based on a different song from the Beatles. As someone who...

Left Out

A few weeks ago, I was scrolling through Instagram stories and noticed some friends of mine were all hanging out together and tagging...

So why do I still feel so goddamn inferior?

Most of you who are reading this probably saw my Facebook post yesterday where I shared what happened to me after my 3 mile run. If you...

Summer Favorites

Tomorrow is Labor Day, and for many of us, that means the end of summer. The first day of fall technically is not until September 23 (our...

Toddler Phase

When Zack was a newborn, I truly could not comprehend that the newborn phase would not last forever. I didn't see a new chapter coming. I...

Slumps, baby

First of all, I know I will probably get two very different reactions to this post. Some folks may find it helpful. Others may wonder why...

A Look Into My Fangirl Life

Since my last few posts have been more serious, I've decided to do something more lighthearted today and tell you about my fangirl life....

Bravery

Lately I get my writing inspiration from podcasts. I'm always about a week or two behind on my favorite podcasts, because #momlife . But,...

10 Things I'd Tell My 20 Year Old Self

I stumbled on a blog prompt that read "list 10 things you would tell your 20 year old self". I immediately thought of a list of things...

Let It Be.

All month long, my church is using songs from The Beatles as inspiration for their service/message. I have always loved The Beatles. I...

Expectations

I have a running list of things I want to write about on my blog. And something that keeps crossing my mind is the topic of expectations....

Embracing My Inner Leo

On the Astrology chart, I'm a Leo. For most of my life, I didn't like being a Leo. I didn't even think I really was a Leo. Leo season...

Where I Thought I'd Be....

My birthday is coming up this Saturday. I tend to get a little sad around my birthday (which is a super common thing, read up on that...

Standing In Front Of You

Lately, I have been revisiting music that I listened to in my teenage years and early twenties. For me, music is so powerful. And one of...

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