Last week my parents came up to the house and helped me clean up my disaster of a house on the Tuesday before Thanksgiving. My dining room in particular remains a challenge for me to keep neat and uncluttered. My dining room table always ends up as the dumping ground for laundry and inevitably, a […]
Mental Health
A Wake Up Call (All Puns Intended)
I had an a-ha moment yesterday. Why I need to be slammed over the head with these things repeatedly before I get them, I don’t know. But that’s how it seems to work for me. I have a history of depression. Fifteen or so years ago, I was hospitalized (for the first time) and consequently […]
What’s Your Intention?
Every day the first thing I do (after getting myself a cup of coffee, feeding the cat, and putting a load of laundry in the washing machine) is write down three things I’m grateful for in my bullet journal. Starting my day off by thinking about what I am thankful for helps me focus on […]
You Always Have A Choice
I had an aha moment today. It was kind of a big one. For me, anyway. And I just want to share it with you tonight. So maybe you spend your Sunday thinking about it. I had a big, long explanation behind this, but I think I’ll save that for another day and just cut […]
You’re Allowed To Take A Break
For me, the first day of school usually brings along with it the (self-imposed) expectation that I need to both make and check everything off a mile-long to-do list. Like every thing I couldn’t get to over the course of the summer needs to be completed by the time the kids get off the bus. […]
Because I Didn’t Want To Miss Out, Mom
It has been almost two months since I quit drinking, but my kids didn’t have any idea that I stopped. I didn’t really drink that often. I pretty much never had a glass of wine or a beer with dinner or even when the kids were awake. And it’s not because I didn’t want them […]