Being thankful for the ups. Learning from the downs. Finding adventure in between.
“Year’s end is neither an end nor a beginning but a going on, with all the wisdom that experience can instill in us.” ~Hal Borland ‘Tis the season for year in review posts. And now that we’re mere hours away from a new year, I thought I’d join in on my personal walk down the […] Read more…
I don’t have my children for Thanksgiving this year. The good news is that this means I get the kids for Christmas. But on Thanksgiving, the kiddos will be eating turkey and stuffing with their father. I’ve been co-parenting for nearly five years now. For five years, the parent who gets Thanksgiving, doesn’t get Christmas, […] Read more…
“As a child of divorce, I fretted about how our family would weather the changes or if we even still counted as a family. Our new Christmas rituals offered both reassurance and revelation: that traditions can evolve and that families can, too. What matters is what you make in the moment together.” ~Madeline Miller (in […] Read more…
If there’s one phrase that will stand out on this blog’s new chapter it’s bound to be, “Nothing about divorce is easy.” If there’s another phrase to follow its lead, it will probably be, “I just have to get through each ‘first’ as best as I can.” My latest hurdle to get through as […] Read more…
{I was planning on writing an original post for Valentine’s Day, but as I read over my post that I shared over at Mrs. P’s for my Valentine Blog Swap last year, I realized that the only thing that has changed since then is that my kids are a year older. So here’s one from the […] Read more…
Christmas is almost here, and we all have so much to do. I truly believe that Christmas is a time to spend with loved ones. That’s why I’m taking a brief blogging holiday hiatus. I want to focus my full attention on my family and take advantage of the time I have off from work […] Read more…
