When I lost my mom, it did not feel like the first time. We had lost her years before she actually passed. She was cursed with a disease which withered her down to an empty vessel. It was long, frustrating, and something I wouldn’t wish upon my worst enemy. By the time I was 18 years old she was no longer the person I once knew. Most of my late memories of her are not actually of her, they are of parts of her, tainted by illness.
If you follow me on Instagram (which you should. Hello.. lets be friends!) you probably saw that this past week tested all my emotions and capabilities as a mother.
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Unless you have been living under a rock for the past month, you have probably heard about the new Netflix show Tidying Up with Marie Kondo.
With the show coming out right as the new year kicked off, I quickly jumped on Netflix, notebook in hand and ready to learn, and binge watched the show quicker than I would like to admit (2 days.. whoops..). After finishing the series I was left with an insane urge to throw out our entire apartment.
So that is exactly what I did. Sort of.
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With Valentines Day in a month, we’ve started thinking about what we want to do this year.
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I had been sitting on my bed, naked, for almost a half an hour at this point. Tears streaming down my face uncontrollably while I stared at my clothes littered all over the floor. Nothing fit me right. There were rolls on my body in places I didn’t even know could roll. I felt ashamed and self-conscious and I resented my body for looking like this.
I hated my mom body.
One of the biggest questions I get asked since starting the blog is “who takes your photos?”. When I tell them I take my own photos, most respond with a shocked look on their face and are curious to know how I do it!
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It’s the end of the month which means it’s time for the round up of my favourite products! I love doing these kinds of posts because I am the kind of person who will find something I love, and use nothing else but that for weeks on end. That being said, there aren’t many products that I love enough to get to that point, so when I do find those holy grail items, I need to share them!
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It has been a hot minute since I wrote a post where I just poured my feelings out about a topic. This lesson is one that I have come to learn the value of very quickly and will preach to anyone who will listen to me.
The empowerment that comes from supporting others is unlike anything you’ve ever experienced.
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How many of us can honestly say that we practice self care ever week?
Probably not enough of us.
Raising a family is so incredibly taxing on our bodies and time, and we often forget to slow down and take care of ourselves. You’re most likely running around after children, carrying babies, drinking cold coffee, with hair that’s been in the same bun for the last 4 days.
Sound familiar?
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In light of our third anniversary, I thought I’d write up a post on the most important things I’ve learned in the first few years of being in a serious relationship.
As I got older and more experienced in the dating world, I began to realize what is and isn’t important to me, and more importantly, what does and doesn’t work. I knew exactly what I wanted when Bryn and I started dating and he checked every single one of the boxes, and more, within the the first couple of weeks. It was only one month and I knew he was the person I wanted to spend the rest of my life with(sorry, but this article is going to be filled with corny stuff like this).
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