Savoring the Sweetest Parts of Life
April has been a doozy, pretty much. I completed my first month at Suddenlink, have been striving to keep our home life in order amidst all the change, and just last week we found out that circumstances beyond our control are forcing us to move out of our apartment in just two weeks time (we thought we had until the end of July). It’s been a whirlwind, let me tell ya. The end result will be great, and we are {Read More}
A couple weeks ago, Shelton and I were coming home with a hot dinner in tow when I saw this. This is the entrance to our apartment complex, and for a while now I’ve been waiting for the water to be still and glass-like like this so that I could take a picture of the trees perfectly reflected. Sometimes you wait and wait and then when you least expect it, things just happen. When they finally do, you let your {Read More}
Back in December 2012 I participated in Susannah Conway’s Unravelling The Year Ahead: 2013 planning guide. It has been one of the most self-reflective and introspective things I’ve done and I highly recommend her blog as a source for all things inspiring. I have made a point to re-read my planning guide at the beginning of each month (missed January – oops!) in order to keep myself in check regarding the goals I planned for 2013. In the guide, at {Read More}
Yesterday was one of those once-in-a-lifetime days, but I sure didn’t know that when I woke up. Getting back to the grindstone after such a lovely holiday break was not what I wanted to do when my alarm went off at 5 am. I dragged myself to boot camp, and although working out does jump start my mornings in a positive way, I was still feeling very blah all throughout the day. Just couldn’t shake it. My to-do list(s) were {Read More}
Yes, this moment. The one you’re experiencing right now. It will be gone before you know it, and in the future you’ll find yourself mentally/emotionally/spiritually revisiting this exact spot in time. You’ll see everything you see right now in a new light–appreciate yourself in a way that you might not appreciate yourself now. Have you ever thought back to a time in your life that was difficult or challenging and thought, “I was so cute back then.” I do that {Read More}
Update: Read Part Two Here! (02.21.13) So. I just watched a really inspiring video about embracing vulnerability, and am compelled to share some thoughts with you on the matter. I think there are all kinds of vulnerability out there, but the one that I seem to be shying away from recently is the topic of my weight and evolving self-image. In the video, Dr. Brene Brown talks about how, as a society, we are very accustomed to numbing vulnerability, as {Read More}
Disclaimer: This post is long. This post is raw. This post is real. I’ve needed to write this for a long time, almost a year, and here it is. The other night I mixed two very dangerous things: too much caffeine and Long Island Medium. Both led to more tossing and turning than I am comfortable with. Watching Theresa Caputo is pretty much a spiritual experience for me. I think her gift is so amazing, and she is the most {Read More}
I’ve been giving a lot of thought lately to the creative process–specifically, my creative process. See, I’ve always thrived on the fact that everyone creates differently, and that a person (whether they deem themselves artsy or not), should accept the way they create and capitalize on it. Now, I still believe that to be true… but I am starting to question how I create, because I’m afraid that I’m putting too much focus on the planning and not enough energy on {Read More}
This is my most favorite picture of my little sister, Janie. Coincidentally, Janie turned nineteen today. In this picture she was five, I think. Yes, five. This was before she started kindergarten, before she turned six, before she was diagnosed with a medullablastoma brain tumor the size of a lemon growing at the base of her cerebellum. Before everything in not only my life changed, but my whole family changed. A family friend snapped this picture of Janie, and like {Read More}
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