- Ezra, Family, Health, Wellness, & Self Care, Little Brother, Personal and Spiritual Ramblings, Special Needs Parenting
Money & Mental Health (the things I don’t want to talk about)
I spent almost the entire day yesterday on Indeed.com. I spent the last three hours of the day looking at disability grants and scholarships. My eyes are blurry, my head aches, and I’m…
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Hormones & Fatigue: Fighting Fatigue by Understanding My Cycle
In my last post, Hormones & Fatigue: Part 1 – My Health & Weight History (and Update), I explained what I have gone through in the last ten years regarding my health, weight loss…
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Hormones & Fatigue: Part 1 – My Health & Weight History (and Update)
Structuring my life and health AROUND my hormonal cycle is the only way I succeed at anything. I think I will always struggle with fatigue, anxiety, depression, weight management, and digestive issues. This doesn't…
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When you’re discouraged and don’t know what to do, take a walk
We return home wet, muddy, and hungry. I'm still just as lost as to what to do to help him. I'm discouraged, yet somehow a little bit refreshed from our adventure walk. I…
- Health, Wellness, & Self Care, Miscellaneous, Personal and Spiritual Ramblings, Recovering Perfectionist
A raw look at my never-ending war on perfectionism
A week ago we sat on the counselor’s couch. I was perturbed because even after declaring to my husband, “We’re here for you,” somehow the conversation kept coming around to me and my…
- Beauty in the Mess, Ezra, Family, Health, Wellness, & Self Care, Little Brother, Motherhood, Personal and Spiritual Ramblings, Special Needs Parenting
2018 in review: just a year we were capable of more
Can I be honest with you all for a second? I’ve been a little bit annoyed with the New Year hubbub the last week. People sharing their #topnine photos, sharing resolutions, sharing what…
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Adult figure skating: why this mom is taking up a new hobby!
I suppose my love affair with figure skating all began on my 11th birthday. Sometime between Christmas 1997 and my birthday in February of the next year, I told my mom explicitly what…
- Family, Health, Wellness, & Self Care, Little Brother, Personal and Spiritual Ramblings, Special Needs Parenting
In which my life is one constant extenuating circumstance
I recently enlisted the help of a close friend who has successfully lost weight to be my accountability partner in trying to lose weight. Because after two years of trying to lose weight…
- Health, Wellness, & Self Care, Motherhood, Mothering Through Fatigue, Personal and Spiritual Ramblings
Life hacks for introverts: how to structure your day, week, and year
As an introvert, there have been a few real “game-changers” in how I cope in a special-needs household when both my husband and son are extroverts. This is one post in a series…
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Life Hacks for Introverts: Survival Skills for When You Just Need a Break
I have decided to write a blog series about introverts, introversion, and help for those in introvert/extrovert relationships. I’ve touched on the issue many times, but my post “Honest Confessions of an Introverted…