This Girl That Place

Awhhh yes, the new year is upon us. The time when retailers move fitness equipment and clothing to the front of the store, friends and family are vowing to be the best version of themselves and to make the most of the upcoming year, and there are weeks filled with scratching out 2017 on pretty…

A lot of us live with the notion that if something isn’t happening in this moment then something is wrong, the universe hates us, our horoscope was wrong or God isn’t going to answer our prayer. What if, instead of overthinking and overanalyzing, we take a moment to listen to what the lull in our life, the…

One of the most inspiring people in my life posted a video about permission and how we’re waiting for someone to tell us it’s ok to do or not do things in our adult life. This is so ingrained in us I’m not even sure we’re aware it’s happening. In doing this we stop ourselves…

Suffering a loss forced my mind and heart to shut completely down and then try to figure out how start up again with a way to go on; hoping that like my eyes my heart would find a way to adjust to the dark. When I was able to open my eyes again they saw…

I firmly believe that I’m one of the most well rested, exhausted people on the planet. I have less personal responsibility than I’ve had in 24 years. I travel and I train for a position with a company that absolutely caters to me. I go to a center every day and learn as much or…

Today, someone I adore, told me that I’m the only person in our building that comes into the office and wants nothing more than to laugh and be happy. Being humbly myself I shoulder shrugged and giggled. When I got back to my office I thought about it for a bit. In my head my life…

I have survived one week by myself….I mean it was only 7 days but I have a feeling it could have been 2 or 20 and I’d feel the same… The sun rises and my day starts and eventually the sun sets and the day is over with. I work, cook dinner, fold laundry….it’s normal life.…

I was going through pictures tonight hoping to find one of myself and my mother. I don’t have one with her past the age of four because, well, that’s pretty much where our story ends and whatever craziness between her and my father picked up. I use to hide behind the disclaimer that Mothers day was just a…

Sundays have been my least favorite day of the week for going on two years. I know it’s just a day of the week and it doesn’t represent anything except a place mark of a day that changed my life in seconds. This Sunday, today, has been oddly tolerable. I give credit to this last…

In 25 days my youngest will be done with high school and off to start the next chapter of his life a short week later. I’ve had someone to care for- someone I share my home, my hugs, my wisdom, and my patience with for the last 23 years. Two decades…half my life later…I will be an…