Hello, darlings. I am popping in with a little life update and a big announcement. Let’s start with the big announcement first. That is–I’m coming back to blogging! Or I should say, we’re coming back to blogging. But more on that in a bit. Yes, I know that I was basically non-existent in this space last year. That was because I was busy with life and I was also building…
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Growing in Love: Keeping a Relationship Happy
Read moreHere on the blog I’ve written about divorce, but I have yet to talk about what came next for me. I am working on a series of posts about separation, divorce, single motherhood, starting over, and transitioning to a blended family. Based on those topics,…
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Put on your oxygen mask before helping others.
Read moreI’ve been wanting to write this post forever. I’ve started it in my head countless times. I kept stopping though, I could never get it out. I want to say so much and I want to say it well. It’s just that the message is…
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Six Months Without Scrolling
Read moreHey, friends. It’s quarter after nine on a Tuesday morning. I’m sitting at my desk with a cup of hot tea & honey, sick — really sick — for the third time this year. I used to get sick once a year, if that. Now…
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Dealing with Toxic People: Poor Listeners
Read moreOver the years, I’ve been blessed with the “fortune” of knowing a few toxic individuals. The best things to come from these relationships are the gifts of: patience, understanding, and wisdom. On your end, of course. 😉 It has taken me a lifetime to learn…
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Married with Children
Read moreRecently, I stumbled upon the most beautiful post about marriage titled, Intimacy by Luana Holloway. The post starts off: Sometimes I lose my way to you in the day when everything we have created lies between us, the most beautiful obstacles. How lovely? How poignant?…
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Cultivate Your Own Happiness
Read moreEach month, several magazines come to our house. Strangely, we don’t subscribe to any magazines. The magazines all come addressed to the woman who lived here before us. There are a lot of them. Maybe five or six a month? Cosmopolitan, Elle, Glamour, Food, Parents.…
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Date Night In with Jose Cuervo
Read moreThank you Jose Cuervo for sponsoring this post. Check out Jose Cuervo’s new Iced Teagarita, a perfect match made for the ultimate summer. As every parent knows, date nights are hard to come by these days. We used to make it a point to go…
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No Such Thing as Perfect
Read more“You don’t love someone because they’re perfect… You love them in spite of the fact that they’re not.” — Jodi Picoult, My Sister’s Keeper Recently I shared something with a friend who I hadn’t been in touch with for awhile. I shared a difficult situation…