The Girl In the Mirror
This morning, I stood in from of the mirror and I reflected upon what I saw in the reflection staring back at me. I saw a little girl who loved life. I saw a little girl with pink glasses and freckles...
View ArticleMy Olive Branch is Broken and I May Not Repair It
I am a pretty nice person. I almost always go out of my way to accommodate other people. In fact, I have done it so many times that I am an expert at saying yes, regardless of the resulting outcome for...
View ArticleRunning Away
I want to run away. I am disappointed that we’ve decided not to do our Northern Canada / Alaska road trip, and then we decided not to do the more affordable Iceland trip. I know why we made this...
View ArticleWill There Ever Be A Sense of Relief?
Dani, at Blooming Spiders, recently posed a very interesting question in a comment to me. “I have had fleeting thoughts of how I’ll feel once I’m officially past child-bearing age. There will finally...
View Article365 Days of Happy – Revisted
It’s been a while (1 month, 1 day) since I wrapped up my 365 days of happy project. The project started as a simple attempt at finding a single moment of happiness every day for 100 days and to capture...
View ArticleSeptember Reflections
How the heck is it already September? This time last year we were heating our house with a fire as my part of the world had a massive snow dump that knocked out power. I’m so not ready for winter!!...
View ArticleWhy I Will Not Have The Talk
In the last two weeks I’ve written two posts about my Dad. One was a letter expressing my frustrations, that I did not send and have no intentions of sending. The second one was about my realization...
View Article2019 Already?!
How is it already 2019?! I feel like I am officially old, because I have pondered this question way too many times in the last week! Seriously, where has time gone? Another year gone. Another...
View ArticleI Wouldn’t Actually Give Anything…
Somedays I cannot help but reflect on life. What I’ve lived through to get to where I am today. I think back to that naive 14 year old little girl whose world collapsed around her. I think back to...
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