I had a dream last night about my grandfather. He was young and happy as he was when I was a little girl, except I was an adult in this dream. The timing was all off and didn’t make sense and I remember even in the very short time we had, I was so thrilled… Continue reading 5 Minutes of REM Sleep
and no longer holding ourselves back. I originally wrote this on May 5th- I was home alone and struggling to sleep and I guess also struggling to remember to hit “publish.” ————– It’s been one heck of a year. So much has changed and even though I’m only a year older, I feel like I’ve… Continue reading We’re Moving Forward…
I have never really been much a fan of Spring. Fall and Winter is more my jam, with the vibrant natural earth tones, scarves and boots and big jackets, rain and all the promise of holiday celebrations. Maybe its because living in California, Spring just means that we trade the rain in one day for… Continue reading The Colors of Spring are Everything.
Here’s the thing about my life the last three months: I am emotionally and physically exhausted. Yes, there are specific things today that happened that were REALLYREALLYREALLY good(!!!!) but also at the same time, there were things that have just left me feeling so drained and all I want is to curl up in bed… Continue reading That Time I Almost Spontaneously Combusted
You know that feeling you get when you know what you have to do but it’s the absolute last thing in the world that you even want to think about? Literally, the very last thing in the world. And yet – you look back and wish nothing more for the chance to go back and… Continue reading When You Own Time
This photo is blurry but I love it oh so very much. Here we have our silly little boy, who just woke up from his last nap and is so well rested and happy and so excited to be sitting by the window with his mama. We had so much fun just being silly and… Continue reading A Few of My Favorite Simple Saturday Things
This last weekend I got to fulfill one of the many things on my bucket list – the Disneyland Main Street Electrical Parade!! It was seriously a dream come true, as silly and ridiculous as that may sound. This parade was huge when I was growing up and every time we actually made it to… Continue reading Childhood Buckets & Buckets & Buckets
I know we’re a week into February already, but I’m still in shock. Does it normally take me this long to get accustomed to the new year? Earlier this afternoon my co-worker and I remembered that this past Friday was the one year birthday for little Oliver, the baby boy born to someone who worked… Continue reading Staying Motivated and Becoming a Legend
This week during my lunch break one day I went to Starbucks to get some work done, (I know, working on my lunch break from work… I live the hustlers life, you see), and as the barista rang me up for my hot passion fruit tea, (I live a refined hustlers life), we had a… Continue reading New Year, New Me – right?
It’s hard to believe that there was once a time in my life when I hated books. I hate to admit that because I love books so much now – I eat them up for dinner while exclaiming loudly to the world, “I am the live action Belle! Here me roar!” However much I want… Continue reading Just Your Average Hooked On Phonics Harry Potter Child
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