the power of self-talk

I feel like I was born with this burden of never being satisfied. I don’t know what it is. I look back over my now almost 40 years of life and I see that I have accomplished things that most people would be proud of, that I know I should…
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what do you actually eat then?

I make a pretty conscious effort not to broadcast my eating habits for the sole reason that most people don’t understand and the conversation to justify the rationale behind whatever my current way of eating is can be downright annoying. An outsider looking at my dietary habits over the last…
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i did a thing

So today I did a thing. And today I also read a BuzzFeed article about how (elder) millennials say stupid things like “I did a thing” so I guess maybe I shouldn’t say that anymore. Apparently this saying, along with my side part and penchant for overeating pizza, are now…
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life changes are SCARY

Two and a half years ago, I found myself sitting alone in a hospital room with my 27 day old daughter. She had spiked a fever and, due to her age, we were told to take her straight to the ER. She ended up being in the hospital for 6…
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momentum

Well, today I noticed a charge for $341 on my bank statement. After a bit of digging, I discovered that it was a charge from Bluehost. Yep! That’s right. I just spent $341, right before Christmas, on a blog that Emily and I have used to write exactly 2 posts…
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only 3 feet deep

I miss writing. It’s been years since my last blog post and not having an outlet for expression is something I’ve really missed. I think of it more and more lately. I think about how badly I want that outlet back. But for the longest time I couldn’t figure out…
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the explanation

We have been wanting to start a blog together for years and after one of us wrote a post in December of 2017 and didn’t follow it up until November of 2018, and the other just had a series of random notes on her cell phone, we decided it was…
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