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If reading my blog posts hasn’t taught you anything else about me, I hope that it has been abundantly clear that I LOVE a plan 💜. Part of my planning process is – appreciating – what has worked and what has not. Over a two-year-period, I used a bullet journal 📖 style of organizing, tracking, and recording various aspects of my life. In general, I’m a use fan of this method, but it…
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Reflections: Week of Reflections 1
Click here to see my post on FB showing a video of pics as part of the One Second A Day that represent moments of the past year. Since holiday decorations 🎄are considered to be acceptable until the 7th of January, I am borrowing that acceptance when it comes to reflecting and planning for the upcoming year. 😝 Our Christmas decorations actually came down on the 1st due to our live tree 🌲dropping…
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Reflections: Making Life Meaningful
Relationships always have ups and downs, whether romantic or platonic. I value my relationships as treasures and gifts that can never be replaced, because – well – they can’t. Whether or not one believes in God or a higher being, it shouldn’t be a stretch of the imagination nor acceptance to acknowledge that people come in and out of our lives for a reason. Sometimes these reasons are to teach us something, sometimes…
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Christmas Season
M is a December child, so we generally try to respect his birthday as separate to the holiday season. However, in recent years, he seems to be more into the Christmas spirit than his birthday – aside from his 50th last year – perhaps aging is less desirable the older he gets? 🤷🏽♀️ This year, one reason for an early start has been because we are excited about the new house and we…
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Beginning End-of-Year Reflections
Last year, I sort of skipped my usual month-long period of reflection and envisioning what the next year will look like for me. For the world, 2020 will be a year remembered as when our concept of normal started to be redefined. Looking back, 2021 has been an even better year than 2020 for me/us. We managed to nearly finish our Italian residency (when that is done – with card in hand –…
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When the Rain Comes….
**Found this in my draft folder from sometime in 2019, but still feels apt now, so publishing anyway. 🙂 ** I moved away from my home because I hate the rain. If it weren’t for my family, I would probably never go back because most of my life there was spent in a state of depression. Sounds too dramatic, doesn’t it? Okay, I admit I have many happy memories and everyone knows that…
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Thanksgiving 2021
It’s my favorite holiday to celebrate 🎉. Ever since I found myself settled in a home and the first time we all gathered as a family for the holiday, I have associated Thanksgiving with food, laughter, and community. I remember that we went around the table saying something we were thankful for and I made everyone laugh when I said “I’m thankful for a family”. I suppose that it took the concept of…
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Creative Envy
For the TUA platform, we have had a few events that share the creative works of others. As I experience the events, I find myself envious of the community and the expression of their work. As a child, I desperately wanted to share my stories and searched for others to hear my words. Yet, I never really did. My mother would read my stories and critique for grammar or flow, but if she…
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Expanding My Boundaries
When is it oversharing and when is it providing the story behind or into someone’s world? Wanting fame and fortune has always been an aspiration of mankind. History shares stories of the rise and fall of individuals and civilizations based on this desire. People have lied, cheated, and even killed for notoriety. However, is it possible to have a more altruistic approach to rising in reputation? Recently, I made my Instagram account private.…
Creative Meanderings
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