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  • Essential Life Lessons for Personal Growth

     Ten Things I am Certain. I have not lived a full life. In fact, I still have a lot more living left to do. But in the time, I have been on earth these are my biggest lessons. A list of what I have learned for certain so far. 1. There will be a day…

  • How ‘She Used to Be Mine’ Defines My Journey

    Here we go again! 3rd week. The question this week. What song best describes your life? The song I feel like best describes me is She used to be mine by Sara Bareilles. When this song came out it was made for the Broadway musical Waitress. The musical is about a waitress Jenna at a…

  • Finding My Path: Balancing Family and Career Aspirations

    Continuing my journey to self-discovery. I have the second question: Where do I like to work? What work will I be doing? This question is a hard question. I feel like I haven’t quite found that thing that I can do. I know what I want to do. I know that thing I have to…

  • Exploring My Perfect Day: A Journey of Self-Discovery

    When you are born into a trauma, you are instantly put into survival mode. I think we then create personalities out of the need to survive. I went over this in more detail in my first blog; Introducing Me. In the last two years, I have been trying to find out who I am. I…

  • How I Overcame Past Struggles to Be a Better Mom

    My favorite thing about being a mother isn’t the cuddles, the laughs or playing with my kids. It is learning from my kids. They don’t know it, but they teach me all the time how to be a good mother to them. Some day I will tell them what great teachers they are. But not…

  • Dreams, Spirits, and Superstition: A Personal Journey

    I took an anthropology class in college. At one point we studied religion across different cultures. One thing that is true for all humanity is we all believe in something. It is the only way we understand the world, humanity and the universe. This is what I choose to believe in. I was born and…

  • Four Seasons

    Autumn is my favorite season. Although I do enjoy all the seasons. They all have a special meaning to me. Along with the different activities they create. Winter I enjoy because of the snow. I love watching it snow under a cozy blanket and a hot cup of coco. how about the days you take…

  • A Real Tear Jerk!

    I have many movies and TV shows I enjoy. One of my all-time favorites though is P.S. I Love You. This quirky movie follows Holly, played by Hillary Swank, as she morns the loss of her husband. Holly’s husband, an Irish man named Gerry, played by Gerard Butler. Gerry knew he was terminally ill. He…

  • Food for Thought

    Warning! this post is a little political. This is my opinion based on my personal experience. If you don’t like it that is okay. I have noticed lately that people are angry with other people for simply trying to survive. People just minding their own business are getting attacked? Why are we attacking people? This…

  • Dead or Alive?

    What is the last thing I learned? As I contemplate this question. I can hear my brilliant teacher say “If you stop learning something everyday you are dead!” I know this sentence is alarming. The first time I heard it I was in sixth grade. I was shocked! I didn’t understand how you can be…