2022 was one of the most challenging years of my life. It’s definitely in my Top 3 Hardest Years Ever. There were times over the course of this year that I wanted to say screw it and just give up. Many times. There were times I seriously questioned if I could keep going. By October […]
Lessons I've Learned
Small Changes, Big Results
I kicked off 2022 weighing 184 pounds. It was the heaviest I had ever been outside of pregancy. I basically ate my way through the discomfort of 2021, and I had developed some solid (and really unhealthy) eating habits in the process. I used food to numb myself, and I did a good job! 😂 […]
Not Much Has Changed
It’s impossible to predict what your kids will grow up to be like when they are born. You never know. It’s a crap shoot. But there are some aspects of their personality that are evident very early on. I was looking at some old pictures the other day from my grandmother. She was pretty good […]
The First Christmas Was Pretty Simple
Six years ago I wrote a post entitled To All the Moms At Christmas, and I re-shared it a couple days ago on the NYAM Facebook page. When I wrote that post the kids were 5, 6, 7, 9 and 10 years old. Everyone believed in Santa. I was in the thick of parenting young […]
Lessons From A Swim Meet
It’s day three of a 4-day swim meet. I’m one of the chaperones for my son’s team, and we leave the hotel at 6:15 a.m. each morning for the pool. Breakfast doesn’t start early enough at the hotel for the kids to eat before they leave for the pool, so one of the other chaperones […]
My 2023 Goal
I’ve been pretty impulsive my whole life. Words come out of my mouth before I think about them. A thought comes into my head and I act on it. I hear about something cool and I sign up for it. Someone implies I can’t do something so I do it. This impulsivity has its pros […]
