The thought entered my mind as soon as I clicked “publish” on the event. “What if no one comes?” I had just received the official email confirmation for our big event; The Joy Initiative: A Day Without Child Care. It was really happening. Or was it? Like that little green character on “Inside Out”, the [...]
Sometimes I write things that I don’t ever publish. Tonight, was one of those nights. I sat here furiously typing things into a post entitled, “If We’re Being Honest”. Typing things out of frustration. Typing things out of anger. Typing things out of desperation. As if somehow, in some way, by putting it all out [...]
It all went so perfectly. What I thought should happen: Step one. Graduate college. Step two. Get married at 22. Step three. Have 2 kids by the age of 28. Step four. Be a stay-at-home Mom until said kids entered Elementary School. Step five. Enter the workforce as a substitute teacher which would perfectly [...]
There were words of wisdom about work-life balance; Words about finance, leadership or mission. But the one thing they didn’t tell me, was about the things I’d carry. There were handshakes, high-fives, and congratulatory gifts; A giant red ribbon cut by a large pair of scissors and a special engraved groundbreaking shovel. But the [...]
To My Husband’s Former Employer, The cover of your Employee Handbook says it all; your mission statement printed in royal blue… clearly the focus. I normally don’t do things like this… things that might burn bridges. In fact, my mission throughout my work, is to turn walls into bridges. But I’m not writing to talk [...]
We’ve just finished the most magical time of the year; celebrating Jesus’ birth, the New Year, and all of the Ho Ho Ho’s you can handle. We’ve been to holiday parties for both sides of the family and even an 80th birthday party for my Grandma. I thought I was in the clear; that I’d [...]
It had been coming for a while; I could feel it. I told myself it would only be for a short time. If I could just push through I would make it out on the other side. I’d been sick for the majority of December; fighting off ear infections that nearly ruptured my ear drums, [...]
I didn’t see it coming… I was blind-sided… by myself. I had every intention when I got up this morning of spending the morning lounging in my pajamas, drinking coffee and Baileys and then sewing. My husband and I had a few errands to run in town. As I was walking through JoAnn Fabrics, I [...]
Sometimes I don’t even have to close my eyes, my mind just goes there. I can see them so clearly, the memories… as if I’m stepping back in time. As if I could enter that space and relive that moment. If I take a deep breathe I can smell the room; see the cars parked [...]
Oofda!!! (Stop trying to change my word auto-spell, I don’t mean Ofuda or Oujda or Ouida or any other random words you think I’m trying to type. So, quit underlining my word in a red squiggle - you’re throwing off my groove. And beside Oofda is much cleaner than my other choice words for this [...]
