This morning I am getting ready to head out to the hospital and have surgery. It is a rather simple outpatient surgery however, there is always the chance that I could end up staying overnight. My poor mother is full of nerves this week. I’m having surgery and my brother headed out of town yesterday…
Myself
10 Fun Things You May Not Know About Me
I know I have done get to know me posts in the past. We have a lot of new readers and I thought it would be fun to do something a little similar today. A short meet me post for all of the new people and you may find something new for those who have…
I’m Scared of the Dentist and Here’s Why
The dentist scared the crap out of me. There I said it. They do and unlike a lot of people who have dentophobia, which fear of the dentist by the way, mine has a reason behind it. I thought I would share a little bit of my story with y’all. Although I need to warn…
4 Things You’ve Probably Done if You Are Socially Awkward
To say that I am socially awkward is to put it mildly. I do things sometimes and afterwards I feel so stupid. For example I will agree with things like a meal to make things easier on everyone. Even when I hate whatever we are going to have or I want something different.
The French Girl’s Guide to Everything
Back in October I stumbled across a blog post that changed my life. It was The French Girl’s Guide to Self Care and I can’t tell what made me want to click on the link. I was on Pinterest and the pin for the article was there but something made me click. Once I did…
Embracing Your Mess Part 2
For those of you coming into this post it is best to start with the first part prior to reading this one. Although this could be read by itself, it does start in the middle of the story and you will feel like you are missing something important.
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…
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…