Someone asked us the other day how we could continue to have a positive outlook on our current situation. Granted, this is a hot mess right now. We are entering another week of quarantine. The days are running together, I’m…
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Yesterday I cried. I missed the gym so dang much. It’s always been my stress burner and honestly my therapy. I went from sad to mad to grateful to resigned. And I think that’s okay right now. Cause we…
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I’ve been trying to articulate how this situation feels right now. The closest I can come to explaining how I feel is….. I feel like I did after 9/11. Scared, anxious, worried, and nervous. Like I might burst into tears…
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Growing up, I was always more inclined to respond to what I didn’t want to be. Don’t get me wrong, I had heroes, people I admired, and traits/behaviors that I wanted to emulate. But what really spoke to me, was…
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Do you have a list of things that bring you joy? Things that just make you so happy no matter what is going on in your crazy busy perfectly imperfect life? I recently sat down one afternoon and just journaled…
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It never fails. A new opportunity arises. Or a new adventure. A new season of life. A new experience. And we instantly go into a myriad of excuses as to why we can’t do it. Why we aren’t good enough. …
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None of it happened the way I thought it would. I thought I would be finished with college at 21. I thought I would be married at 23. Pregnant at 25 with our first baby (a boy). Pregnant at 26…
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We were slammed by grief….but it was another family’s Tuesday. We were wrestling with the diagnosis of a chronic heart condition and pending open heart surgery…..and others were standing in line at Starbucks. We were spending the nights in a…
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I used to think “If only…..” And then it would dissolve into a small pity party. Complete with big sighs, some tears, and probably some eye rolls. “If only Callie didn’t have a heart condition or her limb difference.” “If…
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Yes this is a pretty picture. But what you don’t see behind the picture is… The mama trying to hold it together. The stack of laundry that’s roughly a week old on our dresser. The mama that invariably will forget…
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Hi Y'all! I’m Jaime, a proud working mama, author, girl boss and wifey to an ultra-adorable husband. I am a huge book nerd, I drink coffee like my life depends on it, and run on dry shampoo and Amazon Prime. Leopard print is my favorite color. I am a story teller at heart and this blog is a virtual scrapbook of our crazy beautiful life. I'm a Type One Diabetic and our little warrior princess Callie is a lower limb amputee. By sharing how we’ve chosen to flourish in the garden we’ve been planted in, we hope you can take some small nuggets of hope, inspiration, and laughter. We are so grateful that you’ve found us—welcome to the fam. We embrace our perfectly imperfect lives and don’t let the doctor’s appointments, spreadsheets, speaking engagements, 10th birthday parties to plan, housework or date nights overwhelm us. Those things are just the beautiful reminders of all the blessings in our lives. Read More
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