Cool Down Time

So, if we’ve been working on ourselves and questioning how we feel, I’m sure anger has reared its head. Letting ourselves feel the pain sucks, but we have to do it to get through to the other side (where we feel good.)  Just like with exercise, after the hard stuff comes the cool-down time. I […]

Forget About Perfect

I have an incredible banana cream pie recipe. It is decadent and loaded with calories and fat—the yummy kind of dessert. I made it for Mother’s Day this year. While beating the homemade whipped cream, I had to taste it, you know, for quality control. It was delicious. The next day, the pie called me, […]

Really?

I couldn’t think of a better title for this post. Here’s why: I pay attention to my surroundings. I have been on guard since I was a child, waiting for the other shoe to drop. And it has never stopped. Most days, I’m a ball of nerves. I can’t relax, and I can’t quiet my […]

Why Do We Do What We Do?

Our experiences shape our behavior. Because of that, we all live life through the lens of what those experiences taught us.  Two people could grow up in the same house but have very different experiences. As a kid, I had things stolen from me. I didn’t have much, so to lose something dear to me […]

How to Attract Love

“Love comes to you when you least expect it. Don’t look for it.” That’s something I heard many years ago, I think from a movie. It makes sense, and it happened to me and my husband. I wasn’t looking for it at the place we met, but I think I attracted it. There was a […]