Category: Chosen Family

How to Make 2025 the Best Year Yet

2024 was the one of the most difficult, busy, and chaotic years of my life in a lot of ways. It was also the best in some ways. Both are true statements. The biggest lesson I keep needing to learn? Both light and dark exist in life and most of the time they coexist. Some

Continue reading

How to Feel Better Part 2

A conversation early this morning with one of my chosen brothers inspired this blog post. He always pushes me to think, do better, and be better. He wants me to live up to my purpose and potential and will not accept any effort less than my best to do just that. I told him that

Continue reading

Why I am Proud: How Thriving + Creating the Most Crazy/Beautiful Life Imaginable Requires: Love + Faith, + Together

I started blogging in Fall 2019. I began making videos and other content for social media affiliated with my blog in March 2020. I, now, run my blog (including troubleshooting every single problem; sometimes with a little help from WordPress). Plus, five social media accounts across five different social media platforms affiliated with my blog.

Continue reading

Taking A Leap of Faith to Create a Fuller, More, Beautiful, Life Than I EVER Dreamed Part 1

This is the blog post that I told you all I would write as soon as I talked to my chosen brother and journey partner. Obviously, I talked to him to get his input, and because he deserved to hear what I am about to tell you all before I told the world. I have

Continue reading

About Yesterday…I will Share Exciting News Soonish: Here is Why

Yesterday, I told this blog’s Instagram that I had exciting news to share…soonish. I do with all of you as well…soonish. Whenever I make life changes or get an opportunity, good advice and counsel is vital to me. Overthinking is one of my specialties. The people who love and know me best are my sounding

Continue reading

To be Healthy and Well the Basics Still Work Best

Turns out to be healthy and well the basics still work best for me Who knew? I did. I stopped taking care of me when life went sideways again early in 2024. I was taking care of everything and everybody but me. What do I mean by the basics? Below are my health and wellness

Continue reading

What I am Grateful for on Thanksgiving 2024

I want to wish all my followers in the US a very Happy Thanksgiving on Thursday. Please celebrate safely. This year I find myself with even more gratitude in my heart. It has difficult year for my immediate family and I. In some ways, it feels like this year went by in the blink of

Continue reading

Living the Truest, Most, Beautiful, Life Means Finding my Way Back to Myself

For the last two weeks or so, I have not felt like myself. My last blog post was an expression of that. This one is as well. I woke up the other day feeling the need to get my life together. Now, to be clear, my life is not what most people would call not

Continue reading

How to Celebrate 30,000 Followers? With A Grateful Heart

I find myself overwhelmed with gratitude, yet again. Over 30,000 people follow this blog through various social media accounts. This milestone feels significant. I could only dream about a number of followers this large when I started blogging in September 2019. For a good while, it felt like my words were being swallowed up by

Continue reading