Happy Sunday! Oh man, what a week! It's been a busy one for me. I'm still working on rebuilding and rebranding my website. Apologies for the broken links and pages that are not finished! I am grateful for all of the things I'm learning about the internet. Gratitude for this week One good thing that happened to me this week… I won an award for blogging yesterday! Yeah, it was a huge surprise! I had no idea I was nominated. If you're the reader that nominated me, I want to say a super huge, "Thank you!" That really made everything that I'm doing and all the women I'm trying to reach cement ...
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I am grateful for my health
Welcome to a new week everyone. Happy Sunday! I am going to enjoy a cute Paint and Sip date in a little bit. I’m glad it’s not another roller-skating date, I’m not sure my hips or back could take another nasty spill like last time. But I’ve been seeing this guy for a little while now and I really like him, lol. We seemed to find each other at the right time and under good circumstances. I’m really happy! This week has been one for the record books in terms of learning, laughing, and loving myself and others. I had a few off days (because it was freaking COLD), but I managed to get back ...
Being Real (and Grateful) Empowers Me
Happy Sunday beautiful people! We’re here after Thanksgiving and we’ve survived. I am grateful for all the blessings that found me this week. Gratitude for this week This week I was proud of myself because… I managed to exercise every day this week! Exercise is important because my medication makes me gain weight like crazy. Even with a diet change, I’ve been steadily gaining little by little each week. I have managed to slow down the gain with exercise each day, but some days are more difficult to go running/walk than others. I honestly don’t mind the weight I’ve gained too much, ...
How I Found Empowerment Through Gratitude
Happy Sunday! Wow, we’re already more than halfway through September. I took a mental health break and got some sunshine and rest. That also resulted in a gnarly jellyfish sting. I’ve never had one before, and I can’t say that I enjoy it. My affirmation from the last post, I choose myself, even if others refuse to, was very impactful. I needed to do some serious self-care after reaching the acceptance portion of my broken engagement. I thought I had reached it before, but the final stage meant actively choosing myself by standing up for myself. The strength to leave the past where it was ...
What Love Looks Like to Me Now
I used to think I knew what love looked like. My idea of love was a mixture of rom-coms, romance novels, country and old-school R&B songs, and some really toxic ideas. I thought that love meant that I was supposed to give every part of myself to my significant other. Love was supposed to be a perfect all-consuming emotion. I was supposed to accept everything that my partner did or didn’t do. I was not supposed to complain or ask for respect and have boundaries. I was supposed to make excuses for them if they got violent. I was supposed to build up the man I was with and do everything ...
