Anxiety without Shame
Anxiety… that funny seven letter word that has been thrown about for the last two years and shunned by many as a negative personality trait and label to be worn as someone who is high stress and tied tight. But I laugh at that label; crumple it up and throw...
Choose Your Crew Wisely
It’s funny how we always hear things like, “you are who you surround yourself with” and “choose your friends wisely”. It puts extreme pressure on us as to whom we choose to spend our time with as ultimately it says a lot about us. Sometimes we like people for their...
Puppy Love or Is It?
Our family just welcomed a new puppy two weeks ago. His name is Ollie and two out of four members of our family are in love, ha! A puppy is work. No time is the right time because it’s like a baby without diapers who has sharp teeth and chews...
Do Things That Scare You
I lost my grandma to colon cancer at the age of 52. I never got to meet her. She was so young and had so much life to still live. Three years ago I had to begin my pre-screening with a routine colonoscopy as it can be genetic and yesterday…...
Not Just A Nickel
Look at this nickel. A simple five cents. “Would you be upset and ruin your whole day if you lost a nickel?”, my husband asked me. I smugly looked back at him and said NO. He then went on to ask that why then do I get so upset with...
Perspective Is Everything
There is no brighter light than that which shines in the eyes of a child on the first snowfall of the season. When the white, fluffy stuff falls from the sky my children are mesmerized and immediately want to suit up and go and jump in it. With their red,...