“The moment that you feel that, just possibly, you’re walking down the street naked, exposing too much of your heart and your mind and what exists on the inside, showing too much of yourself. That’s the moment you may be starting to get it right” – Neil Gaiman I came across this quote on Pinterest the other day and it really struck me. Vulnerability has been a theme in my life lately. Being vulnerable and expressing your inner thoughts, struggles…
I want to share a memory with you about my grandmother. Her name was Norbina. I think I am comfortable saying she had the biggest influence on me in my formative years. To this day I still look up to her. She and my grandfather helped in raising myself, my older brother and older cousin while our parents were at work. I’ll never forget when my cousin started school. He was a year ahead of me so It was…
When my grandmother died, it destroyed me. She was my first real loss, and unfortunately for me, my first real loss happened to be one of the most important people in my life, one of the most influential. See, my grandmother was more than a grandmother. She was a major mother figure in my life and her relationship with me was based on true, unconditional love. It was not materialistic, she couldn’t afford to spoil me materially like some grandmothers…
Happy new year! Let me start off by saying that I hope you all have a wonderful, healthy, happy and positive 2019. In reality, we can choose to wake up any morning of the year and make a new goal and start the process of a new change but there is something about the fresh slate of a new calendar year that can really strike that inspiration. For me this year I really would like to focus on broad goals….
Having the opportunity to be a stay at home mom truly has been a blessing. It is both the most fulfilling thing and the most difficult thing I have ever done! I’ll soon be entering my 6th month of this crazy journey and I thought I would compile a few things that have helped me keep my sanity along the way. I think these things can particularly apply to stay at home parents, but also to any parents, because no matter…
Happy New Year! 2017 was quite a whirlwind of ups and downs for me. My husband and I celebrated our first wedding anniversary, I went to my second Green Day (my favorite band) concert, and my sweet baby girl, Julia, was born! Julia’s birth and the week that followed were the scariest points of the year for me for sure. However, although 2017 changed me in so many ways, it also gave birth to a new me – a stronger,…
Photo Credit: Erin Kavanaugh Photography Disclaimer/Trigger Warning: This birth story contains details of a traumatic birth. This may be triggering or frightening for some people. However, the reason I decided to share my story is because I believe people need to know that these things can happen and sometimes there are red flags. But how are you supposed to know what they are if you never hear these stories? I read so many pregnancy books. So many birth stories. None…