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Our Perfect Vacation

August 30, 2019 by not your average mom 1 Comment

Carolina Beach, North Carolina has been a place of healing for me since I was 16 years old. That’s how old I was the first time my family went there for a vacation. It was about seven months after my brother died. My parents were hoping that getting away would help us all. It did. […]

Filed Under: Lessons I've Learned, Mental Health, Self Care, Sound Mind Sound Body Tagged With: beach vacations, carolina beach, Jungle Rapids, North Carolina, Southport, summer vacations

We All Fell In Love On Thursday

August 26, 2017 by not your average mom 1 Comment

The summer before my senior year in high school, my family went on a vacation to Carolina Beach, North Carolina. Six months earlier, my three-year-old brother had died, and this was going to be an opportunity for my family to continue to heal and to start what would become a yearly tradition. For the past […]

Filed Under: Your Daily Dose Tagged With: Atlantic Ocean, boogie boarding, carolina beach, Compo Beach, cooperation, Jersey Shore, Long Branch Beach, merch by amazon, unicorns, vacation, waves, weather

Because it’s Sunday, dammit.

August 14, 2016 by not your average mom 1 Comment

A couple weeks ago I declared that this upcoming school year was going to be the Year of No. A couple years ago I declared that I was going to stop working on Sundays and make sure I spent time recharging and connecting with my family. That Sunday thing kind of fell by the wayside. […]

Filed Under: Your Daily Dose Tagged With: beach, carolina beach, kids, no, North Carolina, sunday, vacation, year of NO

Vacation Goals

August 7, 2016 by not your average mom 1 Comment

We are officially settled into our vacation place. It’s a three bedroom condo about 1/2 mile from the beach in North Carolina, the same town I’ve been coming to every August since the summer before my senior year in high school. Every year, that is, except for the last five years when we couldn’t afford […]

Filed Under: Your Daily Dose Tagged With: beach, carolina beach, husband, vacation

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