I haven’t updated my blog in months. 8 months to be exact. I wish I had a good reason why, but don’t. All I have are excuses. So much has happened, so much has changed in our life over the past 18 months. About a year ago, I shared that we’d relocated from Texas back […]
2018
The Runaway
My Story ….. This is part of my story that I have never shared. Many of you know that I was adopted and have heard different parts of my adoption story, but I have never told the story of the night I ran away. This picture was taken over 3 months ago, but I am […]
3 years sober – Who dis?
1,096 days alcohol-free USUALLY when you see an “after” picture, it looks better than the “before”, but not this time. Never EVER did I think I’d be the sober one. Never EVER did I think that I could break up with alcohol. It had such a strong hold on me, that I felt powerless to […]
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Spreading HOPE through my story of mental illness
Hold on! There’s help coming! There’s hope! I’m holding on to HOPE! For as long as I can remember, I have been convinced that I’m “crazy”. I always and STILL wonder if mental illness is part of my family medical history, but being an adoptee…. I’ll NEVER know. I will always wonder if my broken […]
Love and Marriage through Sobriety
Sobering Up and Growing Up Sobriety not only changed me, but the dynamics of our marriage. Our love began when we were young. 25 and 29. We didn’t feel young then. But now at almost 38 and 42, looking back we WERE so young. Our love began when we were unhappy and unhappily married to […]
We Moved — Back to Cali!
Shame on me! I have been hiding! I have not shown up! Why? We moved, but NO EXCUSES! My hiding ends now! Where have I been? We moved. In March, we moved out of the house we’d lived in for almost 10 years. We sold what we could and put the rest of our belongings that […]
Health Update: PCOS & the 2B Mindset
Shame on me! I have not been diligent with keeping my blog updated. I will be the first to admit that I tend to do all of my sharing on social media on Facebook and Instagram. In December 2017, after a year-long battle with my weight and a slow decline in my health, I finally started […]
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To shake or not to shake? It’s not a FAD! It’s a LIFESTYLE!
Are you getting your daily dose of dense nutrition? Are you a “shake” person? Are you a smoothie lover? Exactly 6 years ago I had my wisdom teeth removed. I remember looking online for “smoothie recipes”. I also remember being hopeful that I’d lose weight since I would be unable to eat solid food. I […]