It’s World Maternal Mental Health Day 🤍 It’s also the start of Maternal Mental Health Month. Today I encourage you to check in with yourself. How are you feeling? How does your body feel? What’s one thing you could do for yourself today? Remember, storytelling saves lives. Tell your story, to one person or to the world. Take care… Continue reading Showing yourself Gratitude
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10 things that bring me joy
Katalina walking down the hallway carrying her blankie I’m sure you could have guessed the first one would be about Kat. This happened for the first time the other day and it literally brought tears to my eyes seeing her little self walk down the hall. After she wakes up, she usually just waits in… Continue reading 10 things that bring me joy
Discovering The Worst Side Of Me
The weeks I stayed on the couch, Nathaniel handled everything. I kept beating myself up because the house was a mess and I couldn’t clean it. I kept trying to get myself to get up and I couldn’t. He was so freaking understanding and everyday he told me, all you need to do is be… Continue reading Discovering The Worst Side Of Me
Comprehending the incomprehensible
Eventually, I moved to the couch. At this point, we had already been home for a few days and the sleep deprivation was setting in. Nathaniel suggested that it wasn’t doing me any good laying in bed all day. So again, I told myself, it was JUST the bed. I must've been feeling that way… Continue reading Comprehending the incomprehensible
In the beginning…
Becoming a mother has been the most humbling thing I’ve ever done. The journey of uncertainty is terrifying, and even if you think you’re ready for it, you’re probably not. I spent 5 years of my life working professionally with children and their families, as well as studying it for my undergrad. Yet, I still… Continue reading In the beginning…
Proud sister of a 2020 senior | Congrats Samuel!
Hello my friends welcome back! It's been a while and let me just quickly say, life has been so overwhelming but we'll talk about that later... ooh maybe a new blog.. hahaHowever I want to dedicate today's blog to my not so little baby brother, Samuel. Now that I have gathered my emotions and I'm… Continue reading Proud sister of a 2020 senior | Congrats Samuel!
How I’m staying sane during quarantine
Hello my friends! I hope you're all staying in good spirits during this crazy time. I never would have thought this is how I would be spending 2020 but hey, when life throws you lemons you make lemonade. Which leads me to my post today. Below I will list and talk about ways I've been… Continue reading How I’m staying sane during quarantine
Life goal; why I chose counseling.
Hello everyone!I decided in today's post I wanted to talk about what I want to pursue in life. Stay with me though, this may be a long one, but it has definitely been a long journey. If you tuned into the "something new" blog I posted a few weeks ago, I originally decided to create… Continue reading Life goal; why I chose counseling.
One of my biggest struggles..
My husband encouraged me earlier this year to begin working out..Now if you know me, and I mean truly know me, you know that I have never been one to workout and go to the gym. I actually hated doing anything fitness related.Now back in the day I loved to run, I would run faithfully… Continue reading One of my biggest struggles..
Something.. new.
I'm super excited to announce this new feature I'm trying out on here!!So I decided to do something new with my blog. Honestly, I don't know if it'll work out or not but what's there to lose, ya know? Plus I might help someone in the process and that's a win any day of the… Continue reading Something.. new.
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