Happy Thursday! What a week This has been a week for us. It started off good. My brother, who I haven’t seen in a few years came to visit! He was able to come with us to a fall festival with the kids and spend the night before he had to go back home to …
Be in the present moment
Happy Tuesday! It’s been awhile since I wrote something on here, (life has gotten busy) but I’ve had a lot of ideas that I’ve wanted to write about these past few weeks, so I’m trying to take advantage of some quiet time and write. Homecoming We welcomed my husband back home last week after being …
Maternal Mental Health Awareness Day
May 5, 2021 Did you know that today is maternal mental health day? I never realized it until my therapist told me about it a few sessions ago. She knows I like to write and encouraged me to share something on it and my experience with PPD. This is not my usual type of post …
Divine Mercy Sunday
Happy Divine Mercy Sunday! There were some reflections I had during mass today that I wanted to share. In mass, the deacon gave the homily and said a quote given to St. Faustina by Jesus, My daughter, tell the whole world about My inconceivable mercy. I desire that the Feast of Mercy be a refuge …
Postpartum Journey update
Happy Palm Sunday! I can’t believe that Holy Week is already here. I feel unprepared and there is so much I want to do this week. I wanted to write this post today to give everyone an update on my journey. If you have been following along, then you know I’ve had some struggles during …
It’s Not Easy
It’s not easy feeling worthy when the basket of laundry is still sitting on the floor waiting to be folded after not moving from the same spot for 3 days. It’s not easy feeling worthy with even more laundry piling up in the dirty clothes bin every day. It’s not easy feeling worthy when all …
Who are you?
Valentine’s day is coming up and I know there are varying opinions on the holiday. Some love it, some hate it or ignore it. Some choose to celebrate with friends while others choose to celebrate it with loved ones. As a military spouse, there is never a guarantee that I will be able to celebrate …
Carrying the Cross
If you have been following along my blog posts, then you know that I have anxiety and depression that started during my pregnancy with Shiloh and continued on after she was born. Therapy has been helping and so has medication. However, there are still triggers that can cause my depression symptoms to take over, such …
What Ifs?
Happy Monday! Things here have been busy with preschool starting up again and creating new routines and adjusting to all the changes for our family. We have good days and bad days here (especially with depression, some days are great and other days not so much). On days when things do not go the way …
New Year Resolutions
Happy Monday and happy new year! I hope you all have had a wonderful start to the year and were able to celebrate with the ones you love. I am so thankful that my family was able to be together for the holidays, even if they looked a little different due to life circumstances. This …