Monday, September 23, 2019
How To Really Eat A Spring Roll
If you knew this trick then you should have told me because I have been eating spring rolls wrong all along and let me tell you this amazing experience is amazing.
Normally I get the spring roll. Dunk it and wrap on lettuce. So tonight at dinner the waitress said did the guy who brought you the teach explain to you how to eat it. We said no but didn’t think anything of it until it was explained to us.
It came with lettuce, cilantro and basil. I have seen herbs on the dish before and thought nothing of it. Well...you’re suppose to eat it with the spring roll and lettuce.
I can’t explain the amazing, refreshing and mouthwatering experience it is.
You get the spring roll, herbs, wrap a lettuce leaf around it dunk it in nuoc Cham and enjoy the party in your mouth.
Love Yourself!
We have to focus on us. We always worry about others. Our families. Our kids. Our jobs. Our companions- if we have them. Stop. Stop all that. Who is taking care of you? Who is making sure you’re good and happy and healthy.
You need to!
Oktoberfest At Calf Pasture Beach Norwalk
Family fun event with "Bavarian" roast pig, pretzels, Brats & Beer (root beer available)
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Let Go Of Guilt
Any guilt you may have you have to let go of. Everyday is a new day to start over. To learn from past mistakes and improve. To be happier. To enjoy life. To know all these things happen to teach us something.
I had a friend I couldn’t understand why things were the way they were with us. Then it hit me. A situation occurred and it reminded me where their loyalty lies and I have to honor it and respect it.
Everything teaches you. Me. Us. Everyone.
Let go of what could have or should have been or would have been. It doesn’t matter. Today matters. This second matters.
We Need People As Much As They Need You
In my journey I have realized everyone I had in my life was because I needed them and they needed me. Some still are in my life. Some are not. But when I reflect their scars and mine all needed healing and even if your heart hurts for someone they did help heal a part of you.
Be grateful. We all have scars. Some visible. Some are not. Do know we all help each other. It’s the process of life. To know that at the time you needed him and he needed you.
The goal is to not give someone pain. To not cause damage. To give love. To be with someone who helps you enjoy life and have a happy heart.
Sunday, September 22, 2019
What Needs Healing?
Every time you react a wound is triggered. Be sure to tap in to understand what part of you needs healing.
I have work to do too. We all do. Heal yourself to live a simple, happy, calm and peaceful life.
Beach House Goals
It’s always good to make a goal. This is one of mine. To be able to have a beach house. Wake up and hang by the ocean. Paint. Write. Relax.
Nothing huge. Just a cute little cape on Cape Cod. A place where I can get away with a companion, my kids, family, friends. A peaceful getaway.
What goals have you set for yourself?
Don’t Confuse Your Pain or Their Pain
You meet a ton of people and if you’re intuitive you can sense something with them. A lot of times it’s their pain. You always wonder “who broke your heart?” But then someone said something to me that really had me thinking.
Not all heart break is romantic and guess what it’s true. Some damages we have our not from a companion. Some are from your up bringing or losing someone close to you. Sometimes it’s a missed career opportunity or when life makes a turn in your path.
We all have healing to do. We all have stuff in us that is hard to process and has affected us so much. Some things we don’t need to fix. Some our just in us. Some become part of us. Make us who we are.
The journey is to help others and that will help us. When we connect with others we connect with ourselves.
21 Years Of Friendship...
When you’re friends for this long you always manage to have a good time together. We met in college freshman year. We lived on the same floor. We all then roomed together for three years. We have this special bond. The type that we pick up where we left off when we get together. We picked a spot we could hang that was in between where we all live. I swear I never laughed so hard and was pretty impressed with how much we could hang. There’s something about having people in your life who are just easy to be around.
We checked out three awesome clubs and popped into karaoke night. We ended the night eating Bobby Flay’s burgers topped with potato chips. We found a new awesome lounge that made you feel like you were under the stars while dancing.
I haven’t been to a club in so long my friend said. While we waited for the beat to drop this Smokey substance hit the dance floor for a good 5-8 seconds you’re in a cloud cluster. It was so much fun. Welcome back to clubbing I said to her as we laugh hysterical coming out of a cloud of smoke. I could dance every night to this type of music. It’s like in the moment of music filling your body you let go of all the stress in your life. In that moment you’re free and it just does something to me. It’s very therapeutic.
The DJ was an Alien Theme so these blown up aliens are all over this one club. Was pretty fun and entertaining.
I don’t gamble much. End of night I said I am going to throw in a $20. Up and down I go. After 15 mins I hit a pot and don’t even know what it is. Up $80 I go and cash out.
We couldn’t go to bed without hanging by the fire pit first. So relaxing.
Girls night away are always the best and a must. We woke up and could not move our legs. The sign of a great night!
What Or Who Are You Holding On To?
I get it I do. But when you don’t have control over a situation you have no choice but to move on. Explore life and see what else is meant for you. The pain stays with you. The love doesn’t go away. It just gets easier everyday.
It’s funny how our brain and heart can have a disconnect. Like my heart wants something but my brain knows it can’t happen. Yet the pain you feel inside just keeps happening. You can be mentally happy yet your heart makes you cry. I never really experienced it before. I don’t understand it but am trying to process it.
Saturday, September 21, 2019
To be A Kid Again...
It was their first sleep over with a friend for both of them. I love their friendship. Sweet and kind and good kids together. I of course felt like a cool mom which my 10 yr old new thing is to remind me I am not but hey that’s part of the experience right?
They stayed up late. Woke up too early. Watched movies and played games. Ate junk food. Brought back so many memories. When life was simple.
Bring life back to being simple. You can too. Easy. Simple. Fun. Yeah adulting and parenting is hard but also can be fun and amazing.
This Type Of Relationship
It’s not just physical or mental. It’s your souls connecting. It matters. It’s like a magic force that pulls you two back in. Looking in their soul even when you’re not trying to.
That type of connection and relationship is very powerful.
Break Your Routine
I don’t have my kids Friday nights but promised my daughter she could have a sleepover so she stayed with me. This morning I dropped her off at her dad’s and decided to take myself out for breakfast. Sounds silly but it’s not. I was ready to send a text to a friend to meet me but decided not to ask him and went alone. I love açaà bowls so I pop in Green and Tonic in Westport. I had a happy heart. The little changes to your day make life enjoyable. The break of routine makes a difference even if it’s enjoying a $8 açaà bowl by yourself.
Do something different today. Break your routine. Enjoy life. Smile. Feed your soul. Be good to you. 💜
You Are Enough
It’s not about someone finding you. It’s about you finding them too. They need you just as much as you need them. Trust the process.
Friday, September 20, 2019
What Makes A Relationship Work
You need to have both in a relationship! Not one over the other. Both.
Life Oh My Oh My
Life...the mysterious journey. The unknown. The what will happen next who knows. When you have all this in your head as to how things should be verse how they are you have to let it go. You have to realize this moment is your life. Regardless of the sadness or pain or fears or doubts. This exact moment is your life.
I had dinner with a friend. I could spend the rest of my life with this one person. I don’t know why. It’s just easy and fun and natural. But things didn’t align for us and to be honest there has to be a reason. So I let go of the hurt and pain and sadness and said I am just going to enjoy our dinner together and I did. No agenda. I did want to cry in the car after because the feeling of knowing we aren’t more than friends is hard but then I realize that this is my life. At this moment my life is aligning the way it has to be and I accept it. I embrace it. I look at the good in it.
How lucky to have loved even if it was a short. How lucky to have met someone who makes me feel like time is endless when I am with them. How amazing to have lived the life I lived.
Having this mindset helps take away any pain or doubt or failure.
Some people go their whole life not experiencing love. I have. I am grateful for it. And know one day I will find someone to feel that with again.
Some people spend their whole life fearing change and not being happy not doing things they want to do. How lucky am I to embrace change and the unknown.
This person I would love to be in my life forever, it’s like we are the same person I can’t explain. It’s just easy talk and comfortable and like being with a best friend who is good looking and enjoys your company but I can’t control how things are between us. I can just embrace life as it is. Understand that there is a higher being who has intentions for me. Just flow with it and accept your life.
You’re A Good Mom
We don’t hear it as much as we should. A friend said it to me the other day and I thanked him. It’s nice to hear. Like really nice.
So if you haven’t heard it lately then I want to tell you
You’re a good mom. It’s not easy. We aren’t perfect. We are learning all the time. But we try our best and well that’s enough and what matters. 💜
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