Oh Pinterest. Lovely, lovely Pinterest. How I long for the days where I can get enveloped into your loveliness. Until then, I sneak a “pin” in here and there. If you haven’t yet entered the world of Pinterest, you are probably wondering what in the hang I am talking about. Pinterest, like most social media [...]

Two weeks ago I boarded a plane, on my way to sunny Mexico. For work. Honestly. I was flown to Los Cabos as part of a press trip on behalf of 5MinutesforMom.com to tour the newly opened Grand Solmar Land’s End Resort and the other Solmar Hotel and Resorts properties. For work. Honestly. Next week [...]

I come from a family where the “coffee is always on”. It is not bound by the weather or temperature. It is not dictated by the time on the clock. My grandparents and parents would drink coffee at 9pm on an 85 degree day and not think anything about it. This was my normal. If [...]

Some days, when I watch my girls, I feel like I’m getting a little glimpse into the past. A peek at how my sister and I were when we were little. My sister and I (14 months apart) used to pass our days hanging out in the back room at my grandparents’ bar. That sounds [...]

Between traveling last week and now being sick this week, it appears that my blogging has taken unexpected break. And, as much as I really wanted to write this post, I hesitated because my last few posts have been about my sadness and my Grams’ passing. So, if you want to skip this one, I [...]

It’s been a rough week. The news of my Grams’ passing, although not unexpected, put me into a fog last week. I feel like I’m mostly just going through the motions at different points during the day. The weird thing is that sometimes it feels like she’s still here and then, other times, it feels [...]

She took care. She took care of her four children. She raised them, often times by herself as her husband was serving in other parts of the country or world. She kissed their boo-boos. She held them after a bad dream. She scolded them when they broke curfew. And she silently cried as she let [...]

I don’t remember ever having a Career Day in elementary school or taking a day in high school to shadow someone. I always knew what I wanted to be and it wasn’t until after I realized that dream wasn’t going to come to fruition that I actually started looking at other things. Things I liked. [...]

Almost six years ago I wrote a post titled “Stop and smell the roses“. In it I talked about how awesome it would be to be a flower delivery person. That some day I would love to do that. There is just something about bringing that kind of simply joy to someone. Delivering a small [...]

I just mentioned on here the other day that I love music. It can bring me out of a funk, calm my soul, and infuse me with energy. And, as the weather gets warmer, the music pumping through my house and car becomes more frequent. And louder. And, oh I just need to go dancing! [...]