working through my shit to create a beautiful life with my family
Here’s what I know: we are losing too many important contributions from women. Instead of speaking up we are camouflaging our stomachs. Instead of saying “no” we are nodding. Rather than swimming, we are staying covered in a chair. We opt out of jumping on the trampoline because our boobs and butts are too jiggly….
Me: “I only work out when I feel like it.” Them: “pssht. If you only work out when you feel like it you’ll never work out.” Me: “ I do workout. When I feel like it.” Them: “I workout a lot because I like to eat.” Me: “I like to eat.” Them: “but I like…
Okay male Noom user on the commercial- you “got your life back” from losing 27 pounds? How much self-worth must you lack to let 27 pounds require the need to “get your life back”? Friends- don’t let this time of year rob you of joy. Don’t let the commercials that are designed by the best…
Here’s to the next new beginning. It’s just the next one. It’s not grandiose or loud. No one next new chapter creates seismic shifts. It’s a million next new chapters practiced thoughtfully, intentionally, and repeatedly that creates new beginnings. I’ve learned the hard way that some of those previous chapters have to be dealt with…
Self-worth is essetnial to living a happy life, I think. I did not realize it, though. How about you? Everyone is looking back at their year, it seems. There are lots of posts and conversations about greatest accomplishments. I love reading them. I love hearing about how you made something happen. I love to see…
The kids and I just sat at the table together for close to an hour. We laughed so hard Sydney snorted her soda. Our bellies hurt and we begged each other to stop so we could catch our breath. The kids got into a spelling challenge and grabbed notebooks. We talked about all sorts of…
Here’s something I’ve learned about boundaries: if someone has a good handle on boundaries and has them set, it doesn’t matter if you think the boundaries are appropriate. That’s the point. They are their boundaries. In fact, the more we judge, disapprove of, and try to dismantle those boundaries, the further away from us that person…
This “fuck this shit” bracelet arrived yesterday. Knowing the hands that made it makes me feel even more empowered and powerful when I wear it. It is a work of art. It is a reminder to bat away the bullshit that tries to keep me down; expectations, roles, people pleasing, self-worth crises, overthinking, fear of…
Poisoned food. Fracking. Climate change. Vaccines. I have gone far, far down one Rabbit Hole- no, two. I know there is truth to a lot of the things we dismiss as conspiracy theories. Here is the thing though; I cannot live there. I cannot live in the place where the government may be out to…
Life Learning and Homeschooling Might Not Be What you Think Sometimes people think homeschoolers casually and nonchalantly decide not to send their kids to school. Sometimes people think we don’t understand the education system, academics, or how it all works. Sometimes people think we are a simple-folk-a-livin’ in a bubble. That very well may be…