Making the most out of each day
I still struggle. There are times I still feel lost. There are times I still feel like I'm drowning. There are still times my brain goes numb and I forget how to think. There are times still times I wake up and don't remember where I am. There are still times the emptiness of the... Continue Reading →
Every day when I walk into the classroom, I want to set the best example that I can for my students. I want them to be as enraptured in the books that we read as I am; I want them to find the positive in their situations no matter how difficult they seem at the... Continue Reading →
I am currently in the middle of reading the newest of Rachel Hollis's books, Girl, Stop Apologizing. As with every book that I've been reading, there are nuggets of wisdom that I want to hold on to and be able to look back at them. But in the current chapter I am reading, "Stop Asking... Continue Reading →
Back in January I wrote about having a new perspective as I create a new life and try to learn what this new life means for me. "We" have officially hit the one year mark since the words were spoken that my husband loved someone else and he thought we should get a divorce. "We"... Continue Reading →
For almost 15 years you were in my life. For almost 15 years almost everything was "we." For almost 15 years our friends were intertwined, our lives were one. For 15 years the decisions we made were together. But you made it so that is no longer so. For the first time in almost 15... Continue Reading →
If you've been paying attention to the Internet lately, you have heard the name Marie Kondo...or you've at least seen the memes about her KonMari method and keeping the things that "spark joy" for you in your home. While there are some aspects of her tidying that people are able to poke fun at, her... Continue Reading →
What is truly the way to my heart? Or at least, getting on my list of possibly, maybe being friends? Coffee!!! If anyone has ever seen me in the morning (or if I'm at work, also the afternoon), then they might have noticed that I have a coffee in hand. Today I uttered to the... Continue Reading →
There it is again - that familiar sinking feeling in my stomach, the emptiness that fills me up. I want to stay in bed and not get out. I look around and wonder for the millionth time, "How did I get here?" How is it possible that all at once everything is so familiar and... Continue Reading →
It's so easy for people to get caught up in the negative and the political turmoil that we constantly hear about and face. It is so easy to focus on the things that are going wrong in our lives instead of focusing on the positives. It is even said that bad news travels 10 times... Continue Reading →
For many of us we use the calendar to help us remember important and special events in our lives. We know that January 1 is always New Years Day, that February 14th is Valentines Day, and October 31st is Halloween. But our brains don't just remember the days that are happy events, we associate certain... Continue Reading →
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