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Letting Go and Finding My Purpose

November 15, 2017 by not your average mom 8 Comments

This is the time of year where I normally begin a slow descent into depression. It took me quite a while to recognize this. Last year was the first time I put two and two together. Every December I become very emotional. Very weepy. Prone to unwarranted and unexpected bouts of tears. My little brother […]

Filed Under: Sound Mind Sound Body Tagged With: AA, appreciation, brain, control, death, faith, God, gratitude, human being, letting go, purpose, stress

Avail Yourself Of This Opportunity

November 10, 2017 by not your average mom Leave a Comment

One year ago Donald Trump was elected president, and the country had a total freak out. I was reminded of this yesterday when a post I wrote the day after the election entitled It’s not a death sentence. It’s a wake-up call  popped up in my newsfeed. In a nutshell, I wrote about people’s inability […]

Filed Under: Advice, Sound Mind Sound Body Tagged With: Board of Education, Brother David Steindl-Rast, episode, gratitude, hope, opportunities, Oprah, podcast, SuperSoul conversations, trust

We All Get What We Tolerate

September 21, 2017 by not your average mom 7 Comments

This past July when I was at a really, REALLY low point and struggling with having all the kids home and trying to work both in and out of the home and feeling hopeless about my marriage and being incredibly stressed out over financial stuff and dealing with this stupid injury in my butt and […]

Filed Under: Sound Mind Sound Body Tagged With: chaos, gratitude, Oprah, priorities, prioritizing, resentment, suffering, tolerance, Tony Robbins

Three Things I’m Grateful For Today

July 4, 2016 by not your average mom Leave a Comment

1.Perfect weather on the 4th of July. 2. A stack of This Old House magazines from my mom.   I’m gonna spend two hours today paging through magazines and reading and dreaming outside by the pool. In the perfect 4th of July weather. 3.Keb’ Mo’ I discovered Keb’ Mo’ about fifteen years ago. I could […]

Filed Under: Your Daily Dose Tagged With: 4th of July, gratitude, keb mo

Three Things I’m Grateful For Today

July 3, 2016 by not your average mom 1 Comment

Bit by bit, it’s working. Starting my day by making a conscious effort to show gratitude is already helping me to spend much less energy focusing on the negative. So here are three things I’m grateful for today: 1) The anticipation of a new book, but even better, books with built in bookmarks! I love […]

Filed Under: Your Daily Dose Tagged With: books, gratitude, kitty

Does it really matter?

July 1, 2016 by not your average mom 3 Comments

Today I found myself texting a friend and telling her I was livid. And I found myself getting really worked up over this thing that, in the big picture, was not a big deal at all. It was an inconvenience, and it was annoying, but ultimately, it’s irrelevant. A year from now, it won’t make a […]

Filed Under: Parenting Tagged With: complaining, gratitude, Number 6, Number 7

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