Tuesday Truth. Number 68. There's just something about Nature, isn't there? Something that makes you breathe a little deeper, feel a little calmer, and find a little more joy in the present moment. When I am breathing in all the beauty that surrounds me, I am reminded that everything in Nature blossoms in its own [...]
Tuesday Truth. Number 67. Well hello there!! If I haven't already seen you in my first post of 2021, Five Years of Blogging, let me just say... Happy New Year! I considered recycling the Tuesday Truth I shared at the beginning of 2019, Tuesday Truth #16, because I love that one so much. However, there [...]
Five Years of Blogging. First off. Happy New Year!! Sometimes it seems so wild to me that I've been here sharing parts of my life for so long. Today, Bedlam and Daisies turn five years old! 5 years! In the scheme of a lifetime a part of me thinks that five years sounds short, but [...]
I'm sure that most of us would agree that 2020 has mostly been a sh*t show. People have been sick, lost loved ones, lost jobs, and struggled with mental health. The pandemic has changed the entire way we live and interact. And for many it's not the only thing that has created struggles this year. [...]
Tuesday Truth. Number 55. Don't underestimate the value of Doing Nothing, of just going along, listening to all the things you can't hear, and not bothering. -Winnie the Pooh Just let those words sink in for a moment. Doing Nothing. Does that make your stomach knot up as you think of all the things on [...]
Three years ago, I wrote a love letter to my daughter. A love letter to my youngest child. Miss Sunshine. My only girl, who was just entering into the teenage years. Interestingly, the love letter that sat in the recesses of this blog, and had been seen by around 100 pairs of eyes before 2019, [...]
Going Back To My Roots. An Ancestral Journey to Airdrie, Scotland. Today is my mama's birthday!! The one who nurtured me in her womb. And the one who labored to bring me into this world. The one who cradled me in her arms. She is the one who whispered words of strength into my [...]
1,000 wishes I've wished for you. 1,000 more will I wish. In my youth, I dreamed of someday having a daughter. As your dad and I fell in love, I sat on his back porch telling him of my dreams. He told me that he hoped that my daughter was his daughter too. A story [...]
