I just went to check my latest goal list that I had made for 2018 in order to check my goal setting progress and I instantly felt like someone had sucker punched me. Because I remember writing my 2018 goal post with a very different type of announcement and saving it in my drafts folder,…
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Goals For 2018 (Late, But I Have a Reason)
It’s that time of the year again. My husband was gracious enough to give me an hour all to my very self this morning and even though I feel more tired than I have in my entire life, I’m trying to piece together a few brain cells to really carve out some intentions for 2018….
My Goals For The Rest of the Year
Every year around the time that school starts, I like to make a fresh start on some goals. It definitely has something to do with the fact that I love the fresh start that school brings and like any bookworm, I love the prospect of learning and new notebooks and fancy pens. This year, however,…
This is Two: A Mom’s Letter to Her Little Girl
I look at you through eyes of disbelief, my arms still heavy with the memory of your baby weight against me. I watch you, thinking of how smart you are, fully realizing that you know exactly what is going on — and you’re playing your mom and dad like a baby-sized fiddle. I feel bewildered, like the past…
My Goals For 2016
I’m currently in the midst of taking an amazing business course from the very talented Amanda Tress, whose scopes, I admit, provide the background to me doing my dishes every single night. I’m addicted to listening to her smart and savvy business tips and frankly, I love having a female entrepreneur who isn’t afraid to…
Being Content vs. Moving Forward
I’ve always been a person who loves change. It’s one of the reasons, I think, that I’ve loved writing so much, because it gives me the opportunity to always explore new topics, new publications, new ideas, and new work. But lately, I’ve been struggling with the change my soul seems to crave, with the reality…
Before Baby Project: Bathroom Makeovers
Did you catch that little “before baby” title? And did you catch that our baby just turned five months and our bathrooms are still missing doors? Such is life with four children. Jim Gaffigan understands. So, yeah, gutting our bathroom was our “before baby” project that got a little extended due to life and work…
Why Is It So Hard To Be Happy?
Sometimes, like when I’m driving the kids home from school and we’re all singing Taylor Swift in the car together, or when I’m pushing the littles in the stroller down our road on a bright, sunny day and miraculously, no one is screaming or fighting, it hits me: I am happier than I have ever…
Learning To Let Go
This week, I lost one of my steady writing jobs. And since the moment I read that email and came across the importance of freelancers also having a back-up plan, I’ve been in slight panic mode. I realize that the third trimester of pregnancy probably isn’t the best time to start job hunting, but it…
What We Can Learn From The Man Who Loved Life
At 6:30 a.m, a man’s life quietly went out. His life faded as so many before him have gone, receding as the tide, surrounded by the family that he had created, the wife that had loved him faithfully, the house that he had made a home. When we heard of my husband’s grandfather’s death, there…