working through my shit to create a beautiful life with my family
I’ve been spending a chunk of time on Linkedin for work. I know I am late to the party, but there are so many women writing and speaking about how women can “have it all”. I know we are in a weird spot in time where we need to move things forward, but this idea…
“2020 is just cancelled” I overheard a woman say yesterday. These words felt spot on and I felt an immediate sense of relief upon hearing them. This year has been horrid. We have been cracked right open and have no idea who will put us back together or how to do it ourselves. I did one of…
Today, after nearly four months of being together around the clock, my husband got on an airplane and left. For the whole week. Our nearly four months of togetherness ended. Just like that. It feels so abrupt. Work is part of a good life. I knew work travel would come back. It did not get…
I was almost 40 before I knew Living By Design was an option. Now that I know, my family is moving toward it. Author’s Note: This piece was originally published by the same author on a different blog in approximately 2017 Our family is at a crossroads. We have been living in Denver for a…
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…
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…
Note: this piece was published on a different blog by the same author in 2013. Moving away from family is sad- no matter how exciting the prospects. It’s not that I don’t want to go. It’s just that I don’t want to leave. I have spent most of my life in a 60 mile radius….
Aging is strange. I hear that word and immediately think of people older than me- like, much older. I feel like the word “aging” does not even apply to me. Same with middle age. I mean, we are all aging right? Somehow though it doesn’t feel the same when talking about a 24 year old…