Photography. Most Thursdays I bring you photography of Doors from places I've visited. Today is no exception. However, in today's series, the doors are more of a subject of viewing than the subject of my words. Or put more simply, if you're here for only the photographs, feel free to scroll through the photos. It [...]
Tag: mental health
Friday Faves Edition 52
Friday. Whether Friday comes fast or Friday comes slowly, it always manages to make its way here. I'll be honest, I've had a very mentally taxing week. I'm not convinced that Friday is going to reduce any of my mental drain, but it's likely that my support system will be more readily available over the [...]
The Thing About Silence
Silence. I wasn't going to post today. Silence. I'm having a melancholy day. It happens to me sometimes. Usually when things are racing along at too frantic of a pace or one of my teens is causing me internal angst, or it's winter (sometimes all of the above). As is often the case with melancholy, [...]
Friday Faves Edition 49
Friday. I hope that you all have had a beautiful week. I also hope that you have had more sunshine than me (unless, of course, you don't love sunshine...and then I hope you've had whatever weather lifts your spirits). This was a long week to Friday. The teens haven't been to school for the ENTIRE [...]
Lessons Learned While Practicing Gratitude
Gratitude. Gratitude is defined as the quality of being thankful. It is a readiness to show appreciation for and to return kindness. There have been numerous recent (and probably old ones as well) studies that show how practicing gratitude each day is good for our mental health. December tends to be a whirlwind of activity [...]
Christmas Trees and Traditions
Christmas Trees and Traditions. I shared with you in this post that this was our first year traveling to a Christmas Tree Farm to choose our tree. Our family tradition has always been to pick out a tree together as a family. Big Mr. heads off to college next year and the other two teens [...]
Friday Faves – Edition 44
It's Friday. I can't begin to tell you how relieved that I am that it is Friday. This has been an exhausting week. Mostly because I've spent most of it in that "bordering on sick" phase. You know, the phase where you're coughing, congested, and have general feelings of malaise, but since you aren't [...]
What I Learned From 30 Days Of Meditation
30 Days Of Meditation. That was the goal for my October Challenge. Contemplation. As this post goes to print, I will have or will be completing my 43rd consecutive day of meditating. My main thought as I contemplate the experience is... Why didn’t I start this sooner? Oh, I had the litany of regular [...]
30 Days Of…October Challenge
Monthly Challenge. If you've been reading my blog for a while... ok... for a month... then you know that during my year of being 40 (which started a few weeks ago), I plan to challenge myself each month with a "30 days of...". I will make the announcement some days prior to the upcoming [...]
What does your chill time look like?
Chill. Relax. Chillax.Where, or when, or how, or with whom, do you find this place? That's what Nikki over at Flying Through Water has asked us to ponder this week. Originally, I thought I'd say yoga. Yoga.I shared a little about how yoga has been transformative in my life in this post. My practice [...]