I’m repaying kindness shown to me with Kleenex® Brand products as part of a sponsored post for Socialstars #KleenexCare Making friends has never been easy for me. As much as I love people, I’m still very much an introvert. When other folks are hanging out and bonding, it’s likely that I’m home by myself. However, everywhere…
Category: Self-Love
Sometimes You Just Have To Quit
Last Wednesday was the first day in 10 years that I didn’t have a full or part-time job working for someone else. Certainly I’ve had some periods where my paycheck felt like I wasn’t working, but in reality, I’ve been gainfully employed for a decade. Leaving my job wasn’t something that was planned. I mean…
We Should All Be Like Five-Year-Olds
In the last 6 months, Ayva has gone to dance camp, taken swim classes, joined a soccer team, been promoted in her Bible classes, and started kindergarten. She’s learning to read, taken up drawing (a lot), and has recorded 2 videos for her YouTube series. Every morning when she wakes up, she pulls out her writing tablet to…
Working On Perspective
Earlier today I called my husband in tears after a negative interaction with a colleague. He listened to me talk, and then confessed that he was really concerned about me. Over the last few weeks I haven’t really been eating, and my insomnia is back with a vengeance. He said that he wasn’t just concerned…
Mommy Was There
Last week was crazy. I spent most of my days with a knot in my stomach and my head throbbing with pain because of the stress of feeling like I needed to be two places at once. A huge conference for work that I was presenting at for the first time was happening 45 minutes…