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Waiting to Exhale…
I owe you an explanation, my friends and readers. I was a blogging or vlogging fool just a couple weeks ago. I was posting a video every weekday and then just like that, nothing. Nothing for two...
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What will it take?
As I delve more into my own personal health journey, I am realizing how much it ISN’T about food. I’ve got this stuff down. Knowledge of what to eat – check. Knowledge of what not to eat – check. All...
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Finding it.
photo via pinterest.com Earlier in the week, I wrote a post about choices and how it is about so much more than just food and nutrition. In a perfect world, we would only eat healthy food, whole food....
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My Heart Walks…
Oh my, watch out…. I am tearing up on video. It’s been one of those weeks. It will be nice when I can get a “real” smile from him!! Does your heart walk around outside your body?
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My heart keeps on walking… {re-post part 2}
Here is part two of my re-post back when Brayden began Kindergarten. Each day is getting easier as I allow him to navigate his way through his new environment. Every day he has come home telling me...
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What Would You Say?
In thinking about my post today, I was wondering how I could appropriately pay tribute to all of the lives impacted by the events of September 11, 2001. How do we find the words to express how our...
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These Are The Moments
“Motherhood”: Sculpture at the Catacumba Park, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Last night, as I sat watching my younger son sleep, I studied all his little features; the slope of his...
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In the face of doubt…
Happy 2014! Here we are in a new year yet again! Hard to believe that this month will mark the second anniversary of my “leap of faith”; the day that I decided I might have something to share in...
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A Mom {un}Inspired
Hello my sweet readers and loved ones. It has been ages since I have had the courage to write a post. Although I have been composing posts in my head for months, I suppose the fear of “opening the...
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The Gift Of The Ordinary
A couple weeks ago, when loss was fresh in my mind (not that it isn’t now…), Brayden and I had 30 minutes to kill. We found the library used book store (which always proves to be a economically...
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A New Year…
In Bend, Oregon. Exploring and enjoying. It has been almost two years since I have opened the pages of A Mom Inspired, and boy has it been a wild ride! I wasn’t even sure if I remembered how to write...
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Day 1
When I decided that I was going to do the 365 grateful project, immediately my first thought was that I have to get a photo of my husband today. Really, it was my first thought. But… He. can. wait....
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Day 5
This kid is going places. BIG places. How grateful am I for this guy?? OMG { insert total teenage accent here} Brayden teaches me a daily lesson about perseverance, overcoming obstacles and thriving...
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Day 18
I love a clean house. It doesn’t happen too often around here, and when it does, it is super short lived. I love it for the fleeting moment that I have it and today, my house was clean. Yay!!! My...
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Thankful times 3.. Day 19, 20 and 21
What a week! Day 19: So nice to have a “go to” restaurant! Kinda like Cheers, they know our names, our order, and always greet us with a smile. On the nights when I don’t want to cook, or do dishes,...
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Day 23 {also written on day 24}
I am a competitive gal. There is nothing that brings out my competitive side more than watching my kids play sports. You know that contract that they make all the parents sign at the start of the...
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Day 26…oh man.
I have to admit. Today was a tough one. This project is great because even on tough days, it makes you find something to smile about. Even if it’s just for a split second. I really had to reach...
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Catching Up!! Whew…
Today is catch up day! I am coming up for air after a VERY LONG week! Even though I haven’t posted my photos daily, I have been taking them every day and noticing all the wonderful things around me...
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What day is it??
So I knew it was bound to happen. At some point, although I keep taking my photos and acknowledging my daily gratitude, I knew life was going to sweep me away and I would lose track of the day and the...
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What day is it??
Wow… I have no idea what day it is! Brief update: After my first back surgery, my disc re-herniated on day 6, so on day 10 (day 10 after my first surgery…) I had a second back surgery. Yikes. I am...
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