Pregnancy Plans At 24 and a half weeks pregnant, I was feeling pretty good. I’d been enjoying second trimester life with renewed energy and eating better. We had decided on a name around week 22, and we’d even gotten some hand-me-down furniture for her room. And oh, yes, we had […]
Hearing for the First Time One morning recently, as I drove to work I sang along to one of my gym favorites: Start Over by Flame featuring NF. It’s such a catchy song and I love the words Flame raps during each verse. I’ve listened to it so much that I […]
Zinger on Easter Last month, my husband and I attended our church’s Easter service, like we always do. But the sermon this year hit me hard. Maybe I’ve heard all of this before, I can’t be sure, but I heard it loud and clear that day. Our pastor was speaking […]
Surrender is defined as ceasing to resist and submitting to authority. But to me, it’s quitting, simple as that. It’s been a very long road for me to realize the truth about what surrender actually means, and what it looks like in my life. The journey is not over, but […]
If there’s one thing I’ve learned in the last 8 years of going to the gym, it’s ALWAYS have a plan. Seriously. If you are going to go, do the prep work so that you are making the most of your extremely valuable time. And when I say “plan”, […]
Once you stop looking for what you want, you find what you need. – Unknown The Day I Stopped Looking If you’ve read my other blog posts (How I Learned to Embrace the Single Life or My Ideal: Becoming the Person I Want to Love), you’ll understand that my journey through single […]
I ain’t settling for just getting by I’ve had enough so-so for the rest of my life Tired of shooting too low, so raise the bar high Just enough ain’t enough this time I ain’t settling for anything less than everything, Settlin’ by Sugarland In 2010, at the age […]
Week 4: Days 22-28 Made it through another week, and feeling good. Tiger Blood has definitely kicked in! Loving the food and have no desire to eat anything that’s not compliant!! I am aware that these last few days can get tough. But I’m starting the week with a good […]
Week 3: Days 15-21 Another week under the belt! Starting to feel really good and LOVING this food! Ok, now for week 3. You are going to see a few repeats as we had some unexpected events come up and we didn’t need all our meals last week. I’m not one […]