Have you ever considered becoming a foster parent? If so, then you should know it’s one of the most joyous and rewarding roles you can pursue as an adult. It’s not a straightforward, journey, though – and nor should it be. Before you can welcome a new child into your home, there are requirements you…
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Embracing Your Mess Part 1
This year I am embracing who I am and not who everyone thinks I need to be. My life is a mess and, it is mine. In all, it’s uncertainty, confusion, beauty, and struggle. Life is hard in the best of times. Add in years of being who others expect you to be and, you…
Run the Year Challenge
This year I did a thing or rather I am doing a thing. No it is not actually running even though that is what the challenge is called. It is the Run the Year Challenge and I was excited when I found this back in October of last year. I had watched a piece on…
Better Off Without Me
I will freely admit that there have been moments in my life when I thought that very thing. that my family and those around me would be better off if I was no longer here. They didn’t need me to keep messing up their lives. Of course, from the outside looking in you would have…
Wickedly Romance Becomes Storied Conversation
December has been the month from well you know. Not much has been good about this month. There has been a lot of personal stuff going on that I don’t want to get into right now. The big blog news is that on Christmas Eve of all days Wickedly Romance, my book blog, went down….
The Mysteries of the Rosary
I posted this back in 2019 but felt I wanted to reshape it with y’all. It is just one of those posts that sometimes needs reshaping. As a Roman Catholic I pray the rosary every day. It is just something that we do. I can remember watching my grandparents sitting at their little table every…
Merry Christmas: 25 Days of Me
We have come to the last day of the 25 Days of Me and today is a pretty simple one. First and foremost I would like to wish each and every one of you a very Merry Christmas. I hope that you enjoy the day in whatever way you celebrate it. For me it will…
Creme Brulee: 25 Days of Me
It’s day 22 of the 25 Days of Me I thought I would reshare this recipe because it actually says a lot about me and who I am. It originally posted in 2011 and didn’t give much more than the recipe. Not a back story really other than the basics. I expanded on that today.
30 Days of Me: Day 7
Finally one last post in the 30 Days of Me from 2013 that I thought I would repost for day 21 of the 25 Days of Me . The prompt for this was What does your name mean? Why were you named what you were named? I had to look up what my name actually means because…
Food, Glorious Food | 25 Days of Me
On day 20 of the 25 Days of Me I wanted to say, if you didn’t already know, that I love food. I’m talking food is one of the things I will straight up attend a gathering for and I hate going to those. It is also one of hte things I love about the holidays the…
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