• Get up, or don’t.

    Rest is productive too. Sometimes I know for weeks before I post what I want to talk about. This one just crept up on me. I had something entirely different queued up to hit “publish” on but for some reason I’m having a pull to go in a different direction. It might be my heart,…

  • Letters to my children

    All 3 of them I was organizing my craft cabinet over the weekend. One of the best built ins I put in this house. My kids and I are always creating. Painting, coloring, clay art, friendship bracelets, you name it. After Christmas, I really needed to give it a make-over. As I was going through…

  • Eye on the prize

    so. damn. punny. Bedroom eyes. Roll your eyes. I’ve got my eye on you. Sleep with one eye open. All eyes on you. Sight for sore eyes. Feast your eyes on this. Stars in her eyes. Easy on the eyes. Keep an eye on it. That was easy. If I thought about 1 minute longer…

  • Christmas Came Early

    for Beckem I have been looking at getting a QR code to add to Beck’s headstone for the last 2 years. The mortuary site is fine, but I really wanted something easier to find, where we could post pictures, videos, stories, etc. So after looking at a bunch of companies I got him a Turning…

  • Stocking Stuffers

    Some of my favorites. (anything purchased through my amazon affiliate links will make me a little commission, but doesn’t cost you any more so do that ;)) An obvious choice are my affirmation packs geared toward kids. My daughter keeps hers on her night stand and switches the affirmation out daily and my son keeps…

  • It’s giving… thanks

    My favorite holiday I’m super lucky to have the family dynamic I have. My parents, siblings, aunts, uncles, cousins and grandparents (until recently; my last remaining grandparents passed 6 months apart over a year ago) have always gotten together for pretty much every holiday, for as long as I can remember. And for as long…

  • A Poem

    Writing was the first coping mechanism I can remember using. Growing up I always had diaries and journals (my sisters can tell you what they said…). As I’d finished one I’d throw it away because of secondhand embarrassment. I never wanted anyone to read them. EXCEPT for one specific journal I’d leave out for my…

  • Good Grief

    Before I get too far into this blog, I’d like to talk about a few things. Not all of my posts will be about grief. But I will use the word a lot. With that being said, a lot of menty health tools that help me, aren’t just for grief. I would consider myself to…

  • let’s get personal

    a journal entry… I know where I’m going with this and I’m already feeling emotional. We all grieve differently. It looks different on all of us. I’ll say it a million times. You’ll hear it a billion times and it always sounds cliche. We also evolve and we can change how it looks throughout the…

  • one of my favorite things

    Okay, lets get to it. This is a goodie. I would never ever ever tell you to buy something that I don’t actually love, but this one has seriously been a game changer for me. Ask my friends, I’ve told them all about it. But don’t get one because of me. I’m only 1 review.…