I have done dry months before. I have done cleanses, the Whole 30 diet, 75 Hard (which was actually 63 Medium because I was going on vacation), but besides my pregnancies – this latest abstaining from alcohol has been the longest I’ve ever gone. As of today it has been 276 days with no alcohol. […]

I completed my 42nd year on Friday. That seems like a really long time, doesn’t it? It feels like I’ve lived about 20 lifetimes within those 42 years. So many different seasons of life. So many different people weaved throughout my story so far. It would be really easy to look at my life and […]

August is my birthday month. I turn 42 this year. First off – how am I this old when I still feel like I’m 20? Age is a funny thing in this life. It never makes sense. One day you’re a kid. Then you’re graduating high school and moving away. Then you’re starting your career. […]

I’ve been on a really deep spiritual soul journey this year. I mean, I’ve always been on it – but this year it has gone deeper than ever before. Not to beat a dead horse with the sober talk, but not having a sip of alcohol for 7 months has only helped me to go […]

Today I thought I’d do a more fun and light post….can’t be so serious all the time, right? The extra fun part is – if you comment on this post answering at least 5 of the questions yourself, I’m going to pick a random winner for an Amazon gift card! Random Questions: Can’t wait to […]

Sounds like an uplifting topic, right? I don’t feel very uplifting in the current moment if I’m being completely honest – but I’m going to process my feelings and turn it around. Yesterday was July 4. We’ve never been big July 4 party people or anything and didn’t have a big group of friends we […]

Life is filled with peaks and valleys. It’s just the nature of it. Not many people just have a smooth sailing line to “the top”. Ups and downs. Highs and lows. Light and dark. Peaks and valleys. Why does it have to be this way? Well – I think it’s because we live in a […]

In the great age of social media – and being the age that I am, I see a LOT of posts asking for advice on parenting issues. I think it’s so great that we are able to reach a widespread number of people to get their take on things if we want to. But I […]

How many times have you heard “everything happens for a reason?” Probably way more than you can handle, right? Because let’s face it – this life can throw some real shit storms our way. There is pain and loss and death and heartbreak and accidents and cancer and divorce weaved all throughout our lives. It’s […]

“However mean your life is, meet it and live it; do not shun it and call it hard names. It is not so bad as you think. It looks poorest when you are richest. The fault-finder will find faults even in paradise. Love your life, difficult as it is…You must live in the present, launch […]