Hello! As usually, I'm slow at updating this. I read less than I wanted to in the last half of 2019. I finally had to start listening to audio-books while doing other things. This year, I read 25 books. I wanted to read 40. My 2018 goal was 40 as well, and I read 33. …
Loss and the Holidays
I've read a lot of posts lately about grief over the holidays. I don't want to take away from those posts because they are beautiful and they are honest. A lot of what is said resonates with me. However, everybody grieves differently. We all go through different things, and because this holiday season my heart …
Halloween
I haven't been crafting as much as I'd like lately, but this month I've done one Halloween craft, plus some pumpkin experiments. Now that I think about it, I may have a couple more that I worked on this Fall to share. I'll save that for a non almost Halloween post. Halloween Craft I'm going …
Katimavik Reunion
I have written about my Katimavik experience a couple of times in my blog. https://thewritingmommaca.wordpress.com/2019/02/20/letter-to-my-teenage-self/ and https://thewritingmommaca.wordpress.com/2018/12/07/nanowrimo-and-katimavik/. I don't think that either of those posts were able to represent my experience. Those were more about the many feelings of a 17 year old. Many many feelings. I am still working on that in short novel …
Body Positive
On Wednesday, I did a thing. It was kind of a scary thing. It was definitely out of my comfort zone. From about 25 on, I have never had trouble doing things out of my comfort zone. Some of my best life experiences are because I jumped as far out of my bubble as I …
Fights with a Three Year Old
My last post was about anxiety. The one before that was about me being sentimental about my wonderful son. I need a change. I need to write something happy. (My son being three and great is happy, but has no humour.) In the case of today's short post, I'm going to write about my most …
My Anxiety
I've been reading a lot of posts and writings about anxiety, and at times I'm surprised at how much some of it reminds me of myself. I wanted to share an anxiety attack I recently had because it really shook me, and after it ended, all I wanted to do was write about it. I …
Proud of my Kid
I started writing this almost a month ago, but kept leaving it while working on other things. Today, I came to write a completely different post, but they are close enough in subject that I can post them as one. A Photo by Kerry's Photography - taken for a Mommy Connections Mother's Day project. First …
Books of 2019 (part 1)
I've made another goal of 40 books this year. I've read 12 books so far. Here is what I've been reading in 2019. China Rich Girlfriend by Kevin Kwan This is the continuation of Crazy Rich Asians. It was just as readable as the first. It's a story you can sink into because it has …
Eff the Mom Guilt
I'm trying to write as much as I can, but I can't write everyday this month. I don't want to stress myself out, I just want to write. I'm feeling a lot of anxiety lately, and writing helps with that, but it doesn't have to be my blog. I'll my focusing on some journal writing …
