I still remember standing in our living room in Belgium, surrounded by boxes that had just arrived after months on a boat, trying to figure out which box held our daughter's toy she's screaming for. She was two. It was dark out, kids should be in bed and my husband was at work. That moment is burned into my memory not because it was the worst part of the move ... it wasn't ... but because it captures something real about what an overseas PCS ... Read the Post...
Healing After A Hard Season: 5 Life Changing Lessons
There's a version of this post I wrote in 2021 that reads the way a lot of my early writing did — honest, but surface-level. I was fresh off three years of silence on this blog, trying to sum up everything that had happened and everything I had learned in a tidy list of five things. I wasn't ready then to go deeper. I know that now. Those three years ... a PCS from Belgium back to the United States, a global pandemic, a short-notice ... Read the Post...
Why I Practice Gratitude Every Day And How to Start
I want to ask you something before we get into this. When did you last feel genuinely grateful. Not in a passing, reflexive way, but actually still for a moment and let yourself notice something good? Not the big things. Not a promotion or a milestone. The small ones. The cup of coffee that was exactly the right temperature. The way the light came through the window this morning. The fact that you woke up. If you're struggling to remember, ... Read the Post...
You’re Not Failing: How to Overcome Overwhelm Without Losing Yourself
Do you ever feel like you are barely keeping your head above water? Like you’re treading just hard enough to keep your nose above the surface so you can take small, shallow breaths? You aren’t alone. I’ve been there more times than I can count and not just the “busy mom” kind of overwhelmed. I mean the kind that settles deep in your chest and makes you wonder if you’ll ever feel on top of things again. When I first wrote this post back in ... Read the Post...