Late last night I submitted an entry to a writing competition for the first time in my life. Okay, one time in 5th grade I entered a school writing competition. Our class had a writing assignment – we had to choose a picture from a magazine and write a story about it. I wrote aContinue reading “Imposter Syndrome and Writing Contests”
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Forget-Me-Not: The Forgotten Bouquet
I took the kids on a long weekend trip a little while back so we could visit some of our friends in El Paso, where we used to live. I wanted to get back to visit before school, but also to return the gesture. A friend of mine came to Houston to help me whileContinue reading “Forget-Me-Not: The Forgotten Bouquet”
What My Kids Inadvertently Taught Me About Choosing Family
Aaron’s last duty station was in El Paso, TX at Fort Bliss’s medical detachment. Because he was there for his general surgery residency, we were there for a total of six years. Five years of residency and one year of research in the surgical field. In that time Aaron bought a house, we got marriedContinue reading “What My Kids Inadvertently Taught Me About Choosing Family”
Parental Burnout: Pt. 1 – Understanding the Problem
This is embarrassing to have to post, but when I set my schedule to post I accidentally set the time for 8 pm. This post should have gone live this morning, while I’m trying out my Tuesday-Thursday schedule. My apologies! A few days ago, I broke down into tears after a long conversation with myContinue reading “Parental Burnout: Pt. 1 – Understanding the Problem”
Scheduling and Time-Blocking: Why Time Management Is Important to Me
A few posts ago I talked about changing the frequency and days I post content, and also I wanted to write about my experience with time-blocking. Why not kill two birds with one stone? I spend about 1.5 hours time-blocking my week. Although this form of time management is not new to me, it’s somethingContinue reading “Scheduling and Time-Blocking: Why Time Management Is Important to Me”
What They Didn’t Tell Me About “Happily Ever After” and What It’s Taught Me
Here’s some food for thought. I read somewhere only a whopping 13% of married parents report they’re satisfied with the amount of time they get to spend as a couple with their partner after having children. I didn’t do the research and I don’t know where the statistic was pulled from, so I’m not claimingContinue reading “What They Didn’t Tell Me About “Happily Ever After” and What It’s Taught Me”
Journaling On My Borrowed Desk
This month is full of change! I talked about the changes I planned on making to my routine, and how I wanted to make them stick. The big goal for this week is creating an ideal routine for myself. What would my “perfect” day look like? I know that my days may not match exactlyContinue reading “Journaling On My Borrowed Desk”
The Uncommonality of it All
Before I go any further: yes, I know that ‘uncommonality’ is not a word. I’m choosing to use it anyway because I like the way it sounds. It’s been two months since one of my posts went live, and I realize this is unusual, especially in the early days of a growing an audience. IContinue reading “The Uncommonality of it All”
The house with no doors
This week as I waded around moving boxes, my husband swept in and stole my thunder. I had planned on building a playhouse with my children as a fun new idea that might help to break the monotony and pent up energy that came from a week straight of heavy rain that kept us indoors.Continue reading “The house with no doors”
Failure to Launch
I’m not the type of person who typically blows off commitments to others. I have a strong sense of obligation and guilt that rivals the best of the best, and I was raised to take commitments seriously If I am going to make a time commitment then I need to be prepared to follow through.Continue reading “Failure to Launch”
Fire In Wonderland 