“Terrifyingly Satisfying”
476 days of loving more We took our boys to an amusement park this past weekend. Family adventures always bring mixed emotions for me. On one hand, I feel excitement about getting out of the house...
View ArticleTonight I Toot My Rhino Horn
This is not an ordinary blog post, but here goes anyways! I need to “Toot My Rhino Horn” tonight big time. I was going to write about it as a comment on our Facebook Community tonight when I called for...
View ArticleI Yelled At My Boys.
520 days of loving more, yelling less I have a confession. On Friday July 12, 2013, after 520 days of The Orange Rhino Challenge, my public promise to not yell at my boys, I yelled. Big Time. Yes, I,...
View ArticleLearning to Let Go
So, I kind of hold onto any tangible thing associated with a good memory that I can…and I kind of always have! In fact I think I can trace it back to age 10. Around then, I received a corkboard from my...
View ArticleWhat Does That Have to Do With Yelling?
Since May, I have wanted to write about my five year old’s birthday and how proud I am of his growth this year; how proud I am of him for wanting a cooking party even though he thought boys might make...
View Article{sometimes} My Weight Makes Me Want to Yell
My weight is up right now and boy does it have me down. Now, my weight being up is not a new thing to me; I have struggled with my weight and body image issues for at least fifteen years. (Okay, that...
View Article“I Can Do This.”
Well, I did it. Yesterday I woke up and thought, “today, today is the day I am going to conquer my current trigger (my weight)” and I did. Just like that. Snap of the fingers, ya know? Super duper...
View ArticleWishes For My Babies
I remember so very clearly the beautiful October day my husband and I left Carolinas Medical Center in Charlotte, North Carolina with our first son. The sky was bright blue with pure white wispy...
View ArticleParenting on Empty
The other day as my boys and I drove up north to visit my family, we saw a car on the side of the road getting serviced by a tow-truck. “Why is that car stopped mommy?” Asked my increasingly...
View ArticleFinally, Without Fear
I am scared. I am nervous. I am hopeful. And, I am depressed. I have been depressed since July. Many people have asked me why I stopped writing so much, why I became some quiet on Facebook, why I...
View Article“Terrifyingly Satisfying”
476 days of loving more We took our boys to an amusement park this past weekend. Family adventures always bring mixed emotions for me. On one hand, I feel excitement about getting out of the house...
View ArticleTonight I Toot My Rhino Horn
This is not an ordinary blog post, but here goes anyways! I need to “Toot My Rhino Horn” tonight big time. I was going to write about it as a comment on our Facebook Community tonight when I called for...
View ArticleI Yelled At My Boys.
520 days of loving more, yelling less I have a confession. On Friday July 12, 2013, after 520 days of The Orange Rhino Challenge, my public promise to not yell at my boys, I yelled. Big Time. Yes, I,...
View ArticleLearning to Let Go
So, I kind of hold onto any tangible thing associated with a good memory that I can…and I kind of always have! In fact I think I can trace it back to age 10. Around then, I received a corkboard from my...
View ArticleWhat Does That Have to Do With Yelling?
Since May, I have wanted to write about my five year old’s birthday and how proud I am of his growth this year; how proud I am of him for wanting a cooking party even though he thought boys might make...
View Article{sometimes} My Weight Makes Me Want to Yell
My weight is up right now and boy does it have me down. Now, my weight being up is not a new thing to me; I have struggled with my weight and body image issues for at least fifteen years. (Okay, that...
View Article“I Can Do This.”
Well, I did it. Yesterday I woke up and thought, “today, today is the day I am going to conquer my current trigger (my weight)” and I did. Just like that. Snap of the fingers, ya know? Super duper...
View ArticleWishes For My Babies
I remember so very clearly the beautiful October day my husband and I left Carolinas Medical Center in Charlotte, North Carolina with our first son. The sky was bright blue with pure white wispy...
View ArticleParenting on Empty
The other day as my boys and I drove up north to visit my family, we saw a car on the side of the road getting serviced by a tow-truck. “Why is that car stopped mommy?” Asked my increasingly...
View ArticleFinally, Without Fear
I am scared. I am nervous. I am hopeful. And, I am depressed. I have been depressed since July. Many people have asked me why I stopped writing so much, why I became some quiet on Facebook, why I...
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