Authors note thank you for your patience with me and the writing of this blog post. Since Thursday, life has been chaotic for my immediate family, and I. Everything is going to be fine. However, I needed to focus on family more than writing until today. Now onto the block post I had planned to
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Erin Napier from HGTV’s Hometown inspired this post. Thanks Erin! On Instagram before the new year, she said she, her husband Ben, and their friends all agreed their children were not getting cell phones or using social media while they were growing up. Erin’s post made me think about how different I would be as
2022 was the hardest year of my life in a lot of ways. It was also the best in some ways. Both are true statements. The biggest lesson this year? Both light and dark exist in life and most of the time they coexist. Some of my year I documented here. A lot I didn’t.
When I started my blog in September of 2019, I only created a Facebook page for the blog. In 2020 during the pandemic and the stay-at-home orders I was able to take a 10-day challenge from inexperienced Blogger about how to blog well. She encouraged us all to set up other social media accounts for
One of my childhood friends inspired this post. This morning she issued a challenge for all her family and friends for the rest of the holiday season and beyond. Most of this post is what I wrote her in response to her challenge. The challenge was to extend love and grace to everybody no matter
As I type it is five days before Christmas and the third night of Hanukkah. This time of year is my favorite. I love the music, decorations, cards, and being with those I love. Also, I love shopping for gifts for loved ones. Giving gifts is much more fulfilling for me than receiving. It may
The past two months have triggered my trauma in many ways. I thought I had dealt with some of the trauma that’s come to the surface already. Turns out, dealing with trauma and unpacking it is a process of dealing with emotional and physical response landmines. Dealing with trauma and healing from it is not
My Aunt Jackie went to be with Jesus and all my angels Monday afternoon after a 13-year battle with Ovarian Cancer. She’s my angel now, too. She is my aunt by love and choice not blood. She has been my Aunt Jackie as long as I can remember. Mama and she taught their daughters the
Beautiful is self-explanatory. There is beauty everywhere in life. Just look out your window sometime if you need reminding. Crazy, on the other hand, means many things. Insanity comes to mind. We’re taught to believe insanity is bad thing. What if it’s not? What if the crazy is absolutely the best part of life we can
I want to wish all my followers in the US a very Happy Thanksgiving tomorrow. Please celebrate safely. This year I find myself even more grateful than usual. This has been a very rough year for my blood family and I. In some ways, it feels like this year went by in the blink of