Project Life 365: #Best_Dressed

#Best_Dressed I hoard books. Seriously, I can’t stand the thought of giving any away and sometimes I buy new copies of books that I have read numerous times just because I like the way a new book...

Project Life 365: #Shared_Space

#Shared_Space The three pups that won us over when we attended the Farmer’s Market about a month ago are adjusting quite nicely. We piled them into our car alongside The Tornado in her car seat in...

Project Life 365 Day 1: Resolution

Much to the surprise of many (myself included) we did it. We moved from NY to Arizona, making the 40-hour trek by car to begin anew. It has been a whirlwind experience that has left me exhausted...

Moves in the Making

After sixteen years of saying we were going to move, we have finally decided to head out west to try our luck in the land of sun and honey. My husband was offered a buyout package and after a month...

Riding the Wave

I’m still trying to wrap my head around what happened. No matter her reason, the fact that my mother, along with my niece and her best friend, just popped up at my house on Saturday afternoon in...

Knock. Knock.

Trouble.That’s pretty much all I can say when people ask me why I no longer write. I’m having such difficulty finding the words that I need. Truth is, I’m not lacking in inspiration. My world has...

Learning to embrace the New Normal

Only when you drink from the river of silence shall you indeed sing.And when you have reached the mountain top, then you shall begin to climb.And when the earth shall claim your limbs, then shall...

Why I took my 6 year old to see The Avengers and don’t regret it

I always said that I would not be the kind of parent to take my young child to see a movie that was/is too mature for her let alone to an evening movie. I always thought it was a sign of...

Happy Birthday; You’re Amazing

It is so hard to believe that six years have gone by so quickly. I am finding it hard to watch you grow up so fast. You are my baby and though we planned for you and prepared for you, I was not at...

Her Birth Story Retold!

Click here to view these pictures larger Tuesday, April 25, 2006 We went to Dr. Shaw’s office to have the first of our bi-weekly Non-stress Test(NST) and to check my amniotic fluid level as I...

What you need to know about me before I allow you into my world aka Friendship Guidebook

image found at Seekers Portal I often think I should write a guidebook to give to people before allowing them into my life. It’s not that I am difficult to handle or deal with but rather that I am...

Scintilla – 23 things that prove no one really cares about how Black Women are treated

The Prompt: Write a list of 23. (23 things to do, 23 people you owe apologies to, 23 books you’ve lied about reading, 23 things you can see from where you’re sitting, 23 ten-word hooks for stories...

Scintilla – Friendship

The Prompt: Who was your childhood best friend? Describe them–what brought you together, what made you love them. Are you still friends today? We became friends at six years old- a friendship held...

The ballerina

Baby Portobello stuffed with ground turkey, onions, peppers, carrots, tomatoes, and kale on Cole Slaw salad

Happiness!

Happiness!

Salmon Cakes, fried plantains, avocado with ginger and cayenne pepper, and huge salad (not shown)

Salmon Cakes, fried plantains, avocado with ginger and cayenne pepper, and huge salad (not shown)

It’s just Me, Myself, and I!

DINNER!

DINNER!

Beef Bone Broth, anyone?

Working! Love these homeschooling moments.

Fairy Princess Mya

Fairy Princess Mya

Happy Birthday to my husband with a card made by Mya

Mail, Privacy, and the lasting damage of a Narcissistic Parent

The mailbox was a source of conflict throughout my life. NM guarded it as if it were the secret path to the Land of Milk and Honey. There was one key to the mailbox located in the lobby of the...

Lies My Narcisstic Mom Told About Me

Finding Healing: I am the Daughter of a Narcissistic Mom