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 …

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 …

Being as real as I can

Since becoming a mom, I've wanted to be honest about the realities of motherhood. Actually, I want to be real about the realities of life. I've never had a picture perfect life, and I don't want to pretend I do. I frankly find picture perfect to be a bit boring. That's not to say I …

Back to my blog

It's been much more than a week since my last blog post. I took a break, and now it's time to get back to it. I went so hard on February that I've had trouble getting back into writing this month. The month is almost over. I'm still trying to write everyday, but it's not …

I Did It

I did it. I've written one post per day for a month. I chose the shortest month. I'm okay with that. If I start slacking in my blogging again, I'll get back to writing every day in a different month. I plan to post twice a week here for the next little while. Except for …