APRIL WRITING CHALLENGE: DAY 13 – WHAT AM I EXCITED ABOUT?

As I sit here in my bed, by the window, I look out and I smile at the clear blue sky and the massive tree with its pink beautiful flowers, waiting to bloom. It's so peaceful and quiet and I am grateful for this moment. Not the reason of my being in bed at three…

LOCK DOWN THURSDAY

Someone told me to just write a post every day in a journal or on the blog because we live through history and all this would be so precious. I haven't thought about it but honestly, it all makes sense and in ten or fifteen years from now my daughter would read about it and…

FRIENDS BEFORE AND AFTER MOTHERHOOD

Before I had my daughter I was in a place and time in my life when I could have said yes to all the after work drink and weekend get together, movie premiers, Christmas parties and birthdays, clubs and restaurants. I could have chosen to just binge watch Sex and the City or a cheese…

A TODDLER’S WAY TO AVOID SLEEP

My daughter is turning four in April and she hasn't had an afternoon nap in two years. When it started happening I felt like I will faint. That hour a day when she was asleep was a God send for me and not having it was just a nightmare. I needed all the coffee in…