Me Made May Sewing Challenge- Part 1

Me Made May Sewing Challenge- Part 1

Disclaimer:This post contains affiliate links I don’t know where April went, and May is almost halfway over! We are going in to our third month of this Covid quarantine; it’s a little surreal that it’s gone on this long. Right when we see the light…

10 Minute Masks

10 Minute Masks

Happy Monday! I hope you all are staying sane during this quarantine. I’m feeling a lot better now than I was at the beginning of last week. I’m enjoying time with my kiddos (except for when they’re fighting) and I’ve found another purpose to engage…

$10 Clearance Gown Refashion

$10 Clearance Gown Refashion

Every year, my non-profit puts on a beautiful gala, called “The Memory Masquerade”. It’s a beautiful event, raising awareness and money for families affected by dementia while honoring all of those we love who are either living with or lost their lives to the disease.…

Happy Adoptionversary!

Happy Adoptionversary!

Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. Today is our Adoptionversary to us! Exactly 11 years ago, our adoption with Maurina was made official. This picture was taken her senior year, but I love it so I wanted to share it. From the time I was…

Heirloom Memory Quilt

Heirloom Memory Quilt

  After my mom died, we had two weeks of time to fill before her funeral. Two weeks of being in a weird sort of limbo where we couldn’t quite put the traumatic events behind us and move forward. During that time, I decided to…

Learning To Seize The Moment

Learning To Seize The Moment

For the first time in a long time, we found ourselves with a free Saturday this past weekend. It seems like the past few months have been jam packed with activities between holiday parties, birthday parties, family in town visiting….we were looking forward to having…

Let Go Of The Mom Guilt!

Let Go Of The Mom Guilt!

We are wrapping up another school vacation and once again, I find myself asking the age old question, “Did I do enough with my kids?” Last week, one of my children (who will remain nameless) was complaining that we “didn’t do anything” over the break.…

New Year, Do You!

New Year, Do You!

Happy New Year! I don’t know where 2018 went; it completely flew by! I feel like the older I get, the faster time moves forward. Sometimes life moves so quickly that I feel like I am not accomplishing my goals that I set for myself…

The Best Marriage Advice Given

The Best Marriage Advice Given

I can’t tell you how many times I have been to weddings or wedding showers where there is a cute little display with notecards, asking guests to write down a piece of wedding advice for the bride and groom to be. You know what I’m…

My Reawakening

My Reawakening

Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. Have you ever set goals for yourself and fallen short? Have you ever had an idea or vision for yourself, for your life, and then talked yourself out of it? Told yourself you aren’t good enough? Convinced yourself that…