I came into this life hating myself. It was like a self destruct program was running 24/7 from the earliest moments I can remember. I was constantly telling myself, (even as a young child), “you’re never going to amount to…
Category: About Me
Ms. H Was an Excellent Teacher
My favorite teacher growing was my 4-5th grade teacher. I had been homeschooled for K-3rd grade with some stints in other programs and private schools. 4th Grade I entered Gatewood Elementary school and I didn’t know anyone, I didn’t know how…
Anniversary
This month Ben and I are having our 8th wedding anniversary. As of May 1st we will have been together for a DECADE. I think we are particularly well matched for each other (obviously!!). And I feel like I won…
What do you want to do when you grow up?
I always felt like a weirdo growing up because I didn’t know what I wanted to do for a career. My friend’s knew they wanted to be nurses, teachers, lawyers, engineers, dentists, etc… and all of my fiends who had…
Best Friends
I don’t have just one best friend. I consider the term “best friend” to signify a tier, not a single person. I haven’t had just one best friend since… possibly my whole life. I can remember in grade school I…
I did my first day official day of the exercise/diet program.
Long story short, I hired a personal trainer to work with me for a month virtually (at least one month, we will see if I do more) and I started that on Monday January 16th. My goal is strength and…
30 days of breaking my addiction to my phone over night.
The rules are – no phone on the bedside table over night. Then when I wake up in the morning, no scrolling. Instead I am going to spend the first 10-40 minutes of the day writing down goals, creating art or creative…
Big Goals and How to Achieve Them
One of the things I have learned in the last few years that has helped to keep my mindset right is the following: I can’t always control exactly what/when/how the final result I want is going to happen, but I…
Meeting My Mother In Law
The first time I ever met Ben’s mom I had accidentally given him a black eye. I had elbowed him in my sleep 😭 I was so embarrassed and Ben had told me about how important his mom is to…
Challenge and Growth
In life whenever I have felt stuck, stagnant, and depressed I always just kept moving one foot in front of the other and eventually found my way into the next great thing for me. Sometimes (and I don’t know why…