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A Year of Words
Written: March 16, 2021 I started my blog almost a year ago, toward the start of the coronavirus pandemic. It was years in the making in my head, but I never could get motivated to design the website and officially post my writing. In hindsight, it seems very fitting that I started this blog in a year where we were mostly only able to speak words and could not do much else. Maybe it wasn’t my laziness that caused the delay, but God’s plan (It’s a nice thought anyway). I love written word and I love spoken word too. I use lots of words every day and never seem to…
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2020 Year in Review
Written December 30, 2020 When I first thought about this post, I was going to write a little about 2020, then focus on 2021. Because who isn’t ready for a new year after this one. I feel like that would be a great disservice to myself and anyone reading this, though. As much as none of us want to relive 2020, we should all take some time to reflect on this year and what we learned. I’ll do another post with some optimism for 2021 soon J So first, I’m going to reflect on my memorable events and general thoughts of this year. I started the year working full-time, then…
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Christmas in 2020
Written December 22, 2020 Christmas is weird this year. Huge understatement, I know. I truly believed coronavirus would be either gone or not a big deal by now. The cases slowed down in the fall and I thought I might be right. But things have gotten worse and it has definitely put a damper on most people’s Christmas spirit. So I’ll give you a little background on my grinchy feelings and how I am trying to counter them, in hopes that maybe it will help someone reading this. If you have read my previous blogs, you know we moved a couple months. It was an exhausting and tiring move, especially…
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The New Normal: From someone who has been cautiously exploring the world
Written June 6, 2020 Earlier today, I met up with my parents for them to get Hannah for the night. The last time we met up at this restaurant was before the stay at home order, 13 weeks ago. I can barely comprehend how much things have changed since then. In my personal life 3 months ago, Hannah was much smaller and said fewer words and I was working full time in an office. We had no idea what was coming in a couple weeks. At that particular time, we were kind of laughing about coronavirus because it seemed to just be the next thing the news was focused on…
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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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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…
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The First Year of Motherhood: The New Definition of Alone Time
Written July 15, 2019 You can’t really fully prepare for motherhood the way you can prepare for a lot of things. You can buy items to help and you can hear all of the advice (both solicited and unsolicited). You can even think you understand certain things such as knowing you’ll hardly get any sleep or you’ll be responsible for a kid 24/7. I was one of the people who didn’t claim to know anything going in. I knew I was pretty much going in blind. I prepared what I could, but I knew I couldn’t actually know what it was going to be like which is why it was…
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Missed opportunities: How many times have you decided not to do something for fear of what other people would think?
Written May 27, 2019 I already want to be defensive as I start to write this. Overall, I don’t consider myself as someone who cares much about what other people think. I wouldn’t miss an opportunity because of what someone thought would I? I have. And I’m sure I will again at some point, but I hope that by writing about this I am less likely to do it again and hope all of you avoid it too. I really wanted to be an actress when I was a freshman in high school. It was a farfetched dream for a girl in Ohio who had only been in school and…
