I stared at the empty tree. Tears still on my face from a hard discussion. This Christmas was falling apart fast. I tried so hard to make it perfect. But everything fell apart. A nasty cold hit everyone so hard this week before. I could feel it in the scratchy throat and aching body, my …
A Day in the Life of a Single Mom…
This week was soooo full. It is amazing I survived. I started writing this post to share about my self care day. But as I wrote I realized this week was it’s own post in itself and need to be written before I shared. This is a great example of all the withdraws I have …
The Emotional Bank Account for a Single Mom
Have you ever heard of an Emotional Bank Account? I hadn’t either but when it was explained to me the idea made so much sense. What is an Emotional Bank Account? Imagine we all have an Emotional Bank Account filled with emotional energy. We have withdraws when we give time and energy to others or …
Winter cannot hold spring back. Sadness cannot hold me back.
Went to my favorite nature park the other day. Showing Kyle one of the places I would go for peace and quiet and contemplation through the last year of ups and downs. Flowers are peeking up through the desolation winter had brought. It’s a bit like my life at the moment the little bits of …
Meet me on Instagram
Is blogging on Instagram a thing? I miss blogging, I miss vlogging. If you were following me on Instagram and checked out my story on Instagram I asked if I should vlog on Instagram? Check it out. But here is the big question does anyone read on Instagram? Or do we just focus on the …
Single Mom Challenges: Lost Moments
Every day there is a new change that comes to light in our new world of single mom life. Moments that I realized I always thought would be there that are now lost, changed. Not big changes – those were all sudden and hard – but small changes that suddenly hit me here and there. …
