I signed up to write 2 blog posts this year that showed you who is behind this blog. To open up to you, my readers and be real with you. In January, I wrote about new beginnings and now, appropriately in February I will be writing about love. But not love for someone else, not […]
Okay, so this book had me in tears and made me laugh and made me feel hopeful, all at the same time. I love when a book I’m reading can make me feel real emotion. This was a beautiful book about love and the importance of cherishing every moment you have with your loved ones. […]
I have had a lifelong fear of failure (and to some extent a fear of success), so was excited to be given the opportunity to read this book. It is a short read, it only took me about 15 minutes, but those 15 minutes were packed with lots of good stuff. I was reminded that […]
Ivy Nash is a counselor with Child Protective Services. One who knows first hand what the foster care system is like. She was a foster child and was in seventeen different foster homes before she ran away. She knows all about the abuse that happens in many of these homes. Having escaped the abuse of […]
I’m a caretaker. I’ve been taking care of others all my life, and when I say all my life I mean my entire life. My mom had a lifelong debilitating condition that came and went. My parents divorced when I was a baby, and even though it was never made my responsibility, I always felt […]
