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When Your Golden Years start to Rust
Like the sun approaching the horizon leaving a beautiful painting across the sky, your Golden Years are supposed to be a beautiful reward for a lifetime of work. They’re supposed to be leisurely, joyous retirement days filled with family, travel, and whatever your heart desires. However, for so many aging and ailing seniors, the Golden…
Dementia: The Slow Road to Memory Loss
It was supposed to be a girls’ trip to visit my sister five hours away who really hasn’t visited my mom in several years, except for my son’s wedding in November, but circumstances forced her home early. I was doing this trip for my mom who is in the early stages of dementia, and my…
Choose your Hard
Life is hard, that’s the truth. But the good news is you get to choose your hard. We want what we don’t have, and yet we’re not willing to do what we need to do to get what we want. Becasue the work is too hard. But those who have what they want not only…
Be Present to the Life you Have
Maybe you’re not supposed to figure it out. Maybe this season is not about working harder and grinding longer. Maybe this season is all about accepting and being present to your life. Not the life you want. But your actual life and the people in it. My counselor once told me “love the one you’re…
Not where you want to be? That’s Okay!
It’s okay if you’re not where you want to be.It’s okay if other people are living your dreams It’s okay if you can only manage to take care of your family’s and your most basics needs. That doesn’t makes you a failure. Or those other people you are watching successful! It just means you are…
Grieving the Loss of Hopes and Expectations
Sometimes you just need a day away from the world to grieve and process life. That’s what I did yesterday. Too many physical deaths this month, another one yesterday- a sweet lady who befriended my mom a while ago where she lives. And a few paschal deaths- deaths of things I hoped for and invested…
The Hardest Part About Transformation
This past month, I let my habits of health slip. It was nothing major, but enough for me to be up on the scale and I knew I would continue to gain if I didn’t do something about it. So Monday, I put myself on my fat burn plan and I’m on day 5 and…
Progress Over Perfection: Healthy Bedtime Routine
Most of us understand the importance of a morning routine. In fact, I’ve spent the last several weeks writing about a healthy morning routine. But you can’t have a good morning routine if you don’t have a health bedtime routine. A healthy bedtime routine is not only essential to getting a good night’s sleep, but…
Pick Up Groceries Changed My Life
I used to love to shop when I had the time and money. But as a single woman who runs a few businesses, cares for my mom, and has to do all the adulting on my own (times two for my sweet mama,) I don’t have the time or the money to buy whatever I…
Life Church: Peace of Mind
I’m watching a series from Life Church called “Peace of Mind.” This particular episode on trauma and depression was really powerful. Here are my takeaways. When we experience trauma, instead of seeking healing through connection, we prioritize protection. And you’ve heard the saying, hurt people hurt people. If you’ve experienced trauma of any kind, know…