I blinked and June arrived. I have dreaded this month, particularly this date, June 7th because it represents a life that will never be. A path that wasn’t mean to be taken. A child I wasn’t meant to know. Today would’ve been my second baby’s due date. Miscarriage grief is heavy and long. Most days I feel as though it might as well pack a bag and stay because it isn’t going anywhere. It’s not only present on the day…
Hey there, friends! It’s been a while since I’ve posted here. 2021 has been intense so far. I have some posts in my drafts that I hope to finish up and post in the coming weeks/months but I haven’t been very motivated to write blog posts because I’ve been using any ounce of creative energy I have left at the end of the day (which, after running around and keeping a 3.5 year old happy and stimulated in a world…
Happy New Year! Guys – we did it. 2020 is over! And while I realize that the new year does not flip a switch in world events, I will say that I feel optimistic and hopeful about what this year has in store. Part of me is genuinely hopeful that Covid will be less of a concern by this year’s end. I think (and hope) that the vaccines being administered will be successful and that with vaccination and continued adherence…
Nothing is guaranteed.Isolation is lonely but it can trigger growth.Every single person is flawed.Forgiveness isn’t always necessary… …but letting go of our attachments to pain is.Self-advocacy can feel uncomfortable but it is essential.Expectations are useless.Boundaries are important.Trust your intuition.Gratitude has a positive ripple effect.You cannot plan everything.Children are incredibly resilient and we have so much to learn from them.How people present themselves on social media is often a façade.Comparison will always be the thief of joy.No trial is given without…
Hello friends. This is not an easy post for me to write. I’ve gone back and forth on whether or not I wanted to post this. But ultimately, I feel the need to share my experience, because the truth is, as isolating and terrifying as this experience has been, I am far from alone in what happened to me. I have not yet had time to write about it here but in September we put an offer on a home…
Today’s recipe is my own spin on a commonly made dessert in some Portuguese households, bolo de laranja, or simply, Orange Cake!I’ll be the first to admit – my version is a simplified version of this traditional dessert with my own modifications, but I have made it for my family a few times now to positive reviews 🙂 The best part is that you only need a few ingredients that you probably already have on hand. So let’s get started!…
It is truly hard to believe that 2020 is soon coming to an end. I think that we can all agree that this year has been unlike any other that we have experienced. I’ve told this story a few times but I continue to tell it because it is a perfect example of the lack of control that we have when it comes to outside forces. Two weeks before the pandemic struck in the United States, I had one of…
When it comes to parenting advice, especially for your first child, the comments are endless. While some are helpful, others rude, not much truly stuck with me if I’m being honest. But there was one piece of advice that did. When Julia was in the NICU there were so many unknowns. No one could give us a concrete answer about what to expect. Over and over we were told the term every HIE family is all too familiar with, “wait…
I realized this morning that I have been working on my little passion project/book for an entire seven months now. That is a huge deal for me. I am the queen of starting multiple projects all at once, not focusing enough on either of them only to eventually give up. I have stuck to this project for six solid months. I’ve opened the document (almost) every day for roughly 210 days. Some days adding a sentence, other days 10 pages….
Hey there, readers, friends. It’s been a little while since I’ve made a post here, huh? To be honest there are so many reasons. Firstly, as I’ve briefly mentioned here before, I’m working on a writing project (I’d like to call a novel) and it has taken up a huge chunk of my free time – of which I don’t have a whole lot of to begin with since I spend most of my day chasing a toddler around ?….