Three years ago when I started down this journey to find my voice, I was surprised there was no one to talk to. I wanted to talk about divorce, being a stay at home mom, and how to rebuild my life. I tried to find blogs, forums, anything that would help gain a better perspective of "what happens …
Releasing Control
Game on! Let’s play!
Mina has been gone almost a week and people are asking me how I am spending me days. I have put my "Mommy-Hat" up on the shelf for the time being and pulled out the "Student/Professional-Hat." I have committed myself to finishing up my application to the International Coaching Federation and …
Be Safe, baby-girl!
In one week, my baby will be flying over to Turkey with her dad. She and I are starting to have a difficult time as the reality of this comes close. She will be there for 16 days, in another country thousands of miles away. We spent the afternoon gathering things she may need: medicine in case …
“You are still you”
As I lay in bed this morning, I realized that I had been awakened by another bird, not normally around at this time of day: The Woodpecker. That woodpecker is such a determined bird, peck peck pecking away for everything it needs be it food or creating a nest out of a dead tree. Of course, …
Speak carefully
I gave myself a self-imposed "Time-Out" today. I held sharp edged words in my mouth and took a step out of a conversation because I knew that when "Emotions are high, Intellect is low." It is a hard to step away from a topic and try to return to it later, calmer, and from a more objective …