Life with Dudes Never Looked So Pretty
It’s Women’s History Month and, while that isn’t a holiday that involves any gift giving, special food preparation, or other opportunity to get together with friends and enjoy a margarita, I still think it is one worth celebrating. Especially right now. When women are facing so many struggles around the world. Seeing inspiring women doing big, inspiring things fills me up. It’s weird to think
Every year my goal is the same: find joy! I laid in my bed for two hours on New Year’s Day morning, before any of The Dudes had awoken, watching YouTube videos of random people I stalk, thinking through my desire for joy. At first I was all, welllll, maybe it’s because I am unhappy? Maybe I am just so freaking sad and unfulfilled in
Because, Winter, I hate you good and hard right now. After nearly a week soaking up the sunny warm sun in Florida, coming back to blustery-snowy-freezy-icky Maryland and a snow storm that dumped 10 inches of snow on us makes me feel all of the sadness. I’m certain that I will never appreciate these long winter days and, if I didn’t have a house and
There are so many unjoyful things happening in our nation right now. Things that make looking at my boys and wishing for a safe future, free of judgment, free of hate, free of fear for just being who they are, hard. But, for me, as their mother, the joyful moments of us together are what keeps me focused on positivity. Seeing them grow into men,
A Note About Happy Mama’s Posts: You can participate by linking up any post you’ve written this month about joy and motherhood. It doesn’t have to be about finding joy specifically, just a positive post about how you’re rockin’ mom-dom! Keeping it real is one of my blog mantras. I don’t desire to trick you guys into thinking I’m the best mom ever (as if),
Clap your hands. Do a little dance to that Pharell song no one seems to be able to get enough of. Then shout your joyfulness from the rooftops so your friends and neighbors can hear you. You know, for accountability purposes. I don’t know about you, but when I tell people I am going to do something I am instantly like 79.9% more likely to
They say that being happy is a choice. People, with our big brains and free will, have the ability to choose to be joyful beings. We can decide to accept life’s twists and turns and cherish them as part of the journey or loath them and hope they don’t kill us like they are clearly trying to. From my perspective there are basically two kinds
Welcome to 2014! After many hours weeks of thought and planning, I’ve decided that this will be my joy year. Look at me, ignore the tweenager, he knows nothing. The year I will focus entirely on being happier. And slightly more awesome. Not because I’m specifically unhappy, or in desperate need of any awesome upping. More just because I could probably stand to be like
