I passed by the mirror in my bedroom recently and saw myself. I have put back on a few pounds and am struggling a bit with the diet the doctor has me on. It is something we are working on together. Anyway, I looked in the mirror and all I thought was, “What a fat…
Self Confessions
About Dying
When they told me I had chf (congestive heart failure), my doctor said that the best outcome we could hope for was five years. At the moment, they simply couldn’t give me more than that. The hope was for longer, and there are plenty of people who live longer than that, but he didn’t want…
An Updated About Me.. Sort Of
Last week, I realized I needed to update my bio not only on the blog, but also across all of my social media platforms.That got me to thinking about how odd this whole world of blogging and social media can be. I mean, we all spend so much time scrolling through someone’s feed or reading…
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…
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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