I saw this on Facebook today. https://www.facebook.com/thescarymommy/photos/a.375569458300/10158198745883301/?type=3&theater And while I have to agree that moms are often underappreciated, I disagree with this post. Most of it, anyway. It is true for me that since becoming a mom, I haven’t had the pleasure of someone else feeding me more than a handful of times. Very rarely […]
Self Care
My New Venture
Yesterday I told you I was adding a new business to my empire and I’m gonna cut right to the chase. I’m working with a company called Zyia, and I’d love for you to be a part of it. Zyia is an active lifestyle brand, and they make some really amazing clothes for people with… […]
Choose Your Ending
Before we told the kids about the divorce, I was terrified of both their reaction and my reaction. I couldn’t fathom not being with them. Not even for one night. Which is kind of funny. Because there have been many, many, many nights where I would have loved a break. And now I have that […]
I Can Sit In Discomfort
Yesterday I shared that I am getting divorced. This wasn’t a decision we came to quickly. In fact the process was officially started almost a year ago. But it wasn’t until last week that we shared this information with the kids. There are two reasons it took so long to really get the process moving. […]
It Wasn’t Supposed To End This Way
My husband and I have never had a super healthy marriage. There were red flags right from the start on both ends that neither of us really paid attention to. Maybe we weren’t able to see them at the time. Or maybe we just chose not to. Either way, for sixteen years we’ve tried to […]
Eighteen Pounds Down
I have been working really hard to make changes in my body — both with what I put into it and what it looks like. I have been sitting in a ton of discomfort. In the moments, it’s often hard. But now the discomfort is more tolerable. I’m not obsessing over not eating ice cream […]