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Happy Mother’s Day
Written May 8, 2020 This Sunday is Mother’s Day and of course we still have a stay at home order in Ohio (I think it’s a safe at home order now, but you get the idea). This year will be quite a bit different for most moms. I would think with Mother’s Day on May 10th and retail opening May 12th, the retail opening could have been moved up for all the moms who love to shop. But I don’t make the rules. Options are still pretty limited on what to do, but I am excited to celebrate with my little family. Becoming a mother has been the hardest, but…
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Two Weeks’ Notice
Written May 2, 2020 Yesterday I put in my Two Weeks’ Notice at my full-time job and accepted a similar part-time position. Yes, I interviewed and will start a new job during the coronavirus pandemic. After about a year and a half of looking for a part-time job, it finally worked out during a global health and economic crisis. Talk about God’s timing not matching my own. This all started in November of 2018 when I knew God wanted me to focus more on raising Hannah. I was on maternity leave and in one of those amazing breaks when Hannah was napping, I felt like God was telling me to…
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Stubborn Girl
Written April 21, 2020 Picture this. A little redheaded toddler crying and wanting to leave her daycare center. Pretty normal right? But no, she says she doesn’t want to come back. She refuses to stop crying until her mom comes to pick her up. And when she gets home, she tells her dad she is not going back. No, I’m not talking about my daughter. I’m talking about my earliest memory. I went to preschool a couple days a week when I was 3 for socialization (only child here) and I did not like that one. I do not remember the logistics of why I did not like it, but…
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There is something about the Beach
Written April 15, 2020 People write songs about it. Movies are often filmed on it. There is something magical about the Beach. I didn’t go to the beach until I was 13 or 14 years old. And then I didn’t go again for about the same number of years. When I experienced the beach again as an adult, I couldn’t understand why anyone wouldn’t go as often as possible. And since this quarantine, I’ve been craving that salty air and toes in the sand even more. Andy proposed to me on Pier 60 at Clearwater Beach so I will always have a special place in my heart for that particular…
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Life after the Pandemic: Going back to “normal”
Written April 4, 2020 I do not think we should go back to life as it was before this pandemic once we can leave our houses again. Let me explain before you all throw items at me from 6 feet away. I realize we are closer to the beginning than to the end of this pandemic. I already want so badly to see family and friends, go to concerts, go on trips, have date nights with Andy, take Hannah to the zoo, etc. I could go on and on about what I want to go back to after this. But I think some things are better left behind. The majority…
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Gatlinburg: My spirit place
Written April 1, 2020 A spirit place is a thing right? Like a spirit animal, but a place. Well I guess it is now haha. And Gatlinburg is that place for me. We are all cooped up at home right now, staying safe from the coronavirus. All this time at home has many people, including myself, daydreaming about trips far away from our houses. We are hoping to go to Gatlinburg in the Fall and are very ready to get there again. We were on a schedule of visiting Gatlinburg every 6 months for a while before we had Hannah. We have went once since she was born but she…
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My 2020 Word of the Year: Faith
Written March 29, 2020 I saw many posts at the beginning of 2020 of people making their resolutions and stating that 2020 would to be their year. Something I saw even more than ever was people picking a word of the year. I always make resolutions, but with so much on already on my mind for what I wanted to happen this year, I decided to pick a word. At first there were a few words: Move, Action, and Focus. I knew this year needed to be one where I took more specific actions to get our family where we want to be. But as I explored these options, something…
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The Disease That Shall Not Be Named: List of Ways to Keep Sane at Home
Written March 21, 2020 The world has drastically changed since the last time I wrote. Scratch that, not dramatic enough. The world has drastically changed in the last two weeks. A little over a week ago, Ohio Governor Mike Dewine declared all schools be shut down for at least 3 weeks. And then restaurants and bars had to shut down except for carry out and drive thru service. And then movie theaters, bowling alleys and other fun germy places had to shut down. And then salons shut down (side note, I’m curious to see what people do/look like without those services if this goes on long). A bunch of stores…
