Personal Blog

  • Just 12 days…

    Just 12 days…

    My journey has been long. The hill has been steep and the crash has been rough. The last few months of my life have been the hardest I have ever been through. I have cried more tears than I knew my body held. I lost my Dad two and a half months ago and it…

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  • Omission is a lie.

    Omission is a lie.

    Some people don’t come right out and lie. They just omit the truth. They give you just enough truthful information to lead you to believe they are making the right choices and doing the right things. They only give you half the story. The other half, well, it is very important. Without it, you don’t…

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  • Don’t escape from life.

    I’ve been diving into life and finding what makes me sparkle. Vacation makes me sparkle. That needs to change. Day to day life needs to make me sparkle. Don’t get me wrong, vacations are great. Travel is fun. Getting away to something new is amazing but it shouldn’t be the only time we truly enjoy…

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  • When the small boy shines.

    We had a very rough, first year of school. Kindergarten was so very hard. Our sweet, kind, little boy exhibited actions that were unfavorable. We started the year with phone calls and visits to the principal’s office. Riley has always been so sweet, so kind and so well mannered. He cared about his friends, he…

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  • It takes a village.

    It takes a village.

    I have learned that life can not be conquered alone. I can not raise my child alone. I can not solve my problems alone. I can not walk through this life alone. It takes a village. And man, when times get rough, I am thankful for my village. Now, don’t get me wrong, not all…

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  • Making a fresh start.

    Making a fresh start.

    It’s finally our time. We were on the other side of year one and my husband had more energy to focus on us. He was seeing things more clearly and making decisions that were the best for us, not only him, but our family. We were making a fresh start. We were doing it together.…

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  • The Color Street Challenge.

    So, I try not to overwhelm you with my obsession with glitter dipped nails but I wanted to share exactly why I fell in love with Color Street. I suck at painting my nails, I am way too impatient too let them dry and I always screw them up. And as relaxing as the nail…

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  • The perception of intentions.

    There are so many acts that are done with good intentions that are perceived as anything but nice. It is a messy, dirty world we live in. Our lives are muddled with stories of deceit, infidelity, abuse, sex slavery and political division. You can’t trust what you read, you can’t trust what you see on…

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  • Bring on the heat.

    Bring on the heat.

    Living in the south, it sometimes feels like we go right from winter to summer. Spring is short lived. As a yankee transplant, the southern spring feels like summer in Northwestern Pennsylvania, it can make me nostalgic, but I’m not moving back. In South Carolina, I go right from winter coats to flip-flops and sometimes…

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  • And let the judgement begin.

    As I come public with my life and my struggles, I expect there to be judgement. It’s part of the game. There are those that will agree, those that will disagree, those that will be hurt and those that will judge. For those that are hurt, the truth has a tendency to sting. I know…

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