There’s no real forgiveness on the internet

I couldn't delete all traces of the post I accidentally published late last night (well, technically, early this morning). That's how the internet rolls. You can't delete things entirely. No matter how much you pray and cry and confess your sins and try to satisfy the demands of justice by doing anything anything in your …

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My 2018 hashtag (better than a list of resolutions)

This year, my hashtag of choice is #becausehappiness. Instead of writing a list of resolutions, I'm going to learn about and share things related to happiness. I like this way of doing things. It works for me. Granted, for my hashtag last year, #yearofbeautiful, I didn’t put together as many posts as I envisioned in …

My #yearofbeautiful summarized

At the beginning of this year, I decided to have a theme instead of creating New Year’s Resolutions. I called it my #yearofbeautiful. This is my summation post of that year, in blogs. As children, work, and life have become busier, I let this blog slip and I didn’t post frequently. However, I feel like …

daily habit tracker to feel more confident – #yearofbeautiful

It's time to get back on track with my #yearofbeautiful initiative, and this time, I'm working on my goal of FEELING more confident. To do this, I wanted a visual that shows areas where I rock. It will also show areas where I am skipping out so I'm hoping that means if I'm not feeling …

Writing, then forgetting, then finding it again…

I have found my own words, in writing, without memory of writing them. The first time I can remember this happening was when I was first home from a summer of door-to-door sales. I opened up a tape recorder (because it was the year 2000, yo) to replace the batteries and found a tiny, folded …

3 mom myths that fuel my “mommy guilt”

Fake news. Do you see that phrase often enough these days? I think it's an outcome of one of the biggest issues we face today: misinformation. "Beware of the person who can't be bothered by details," said William Feather. (Cool name, huh? Bill Feather.) I'm sure each industry is ripe with misconceptions that are upheld …

3 new things I’ve learned to live authentically

The second item on my #yearofbeautiful list is to live authentically. Something that I did for that was for a life coach session with the fabulous Julie de Azevedo Hanks. I have an entire page of thoughts and notes from Skyping with her. If you want your own page of notes, I think you should …

The meaningful work of being a mom

Now hiring: no pay, no quarterly bonus, no promotion, work long hours, no vacations, and difficult working conditions (cleaning the poop out of cloth diapers, yes!). Who would apply for such a job? And yet. And yet, in spite of the conditions, I chose to be a mom. And yet, I chose to have a second …

Motherhood might smother your authentic self

Motherhood can be the overpowering job title that defines you. It’s constantly demanding: breakfast, naptime, middle of the night, when you need to take a poop. Children don’t let you clock out. You have to force yourself to step outside of the role, to take a break, to ask for help and focus on yourself. …

#yearofbeautiful

I want to be more positive. I want to be less critical. I want to be more content. I want to be less envious. I want to be more giving, less self-centered, more present, less distracted, happier, and someone I would want to be around. So I'm dubbing this my year of beautiful. I thought …