Sunday, April 12, 2020
I Love The Time I Have With My Kids
Is it hard. Yep. Is it a lot of work. Yep. Is it awesome. Yep.
Last night we made Easter cupcakes and prepared the French toast bake we had this morning. I blasted 80’s music. If they fought I made them pay eachother a compliment as their punishment.
I have extreme patience when I bake with the kids. I don’t know why. But I do. They love it. They crack the eggs. Measure the liquids. Whisk. You name it.
It’s a fun way for us to bond. No electronics. Just doing something together for fun.
When Did You Feel Like You Again?
I was speaking to someone and he said you know when you kept asking me what’s wrong. I don’t know. But this last week I haven’t been myself.
Which was funny because I kept calling him out on it. My intuition was spot on. He said I don’t know why. I said well our routine had been off. We don’t have structure. Our lives have changed.
I felt it too. I was literally crawling out of my skin from the lack of routine. I had to refocus. He had to refocus.
It helps talking it out. He went on to admit the last three months prior to this he was finally content and happy and himself. After years he was finally himself again. I joked it was because of me but reality is I get it. I was too.
There’s moments in your life you lose yourself. You have to regroup and then you become happy again. Content. Satisfied with your life. I was happy for him. I understood it. I was myself again too. Then we go into quarantine and everyone the first two weeks went numb. We just had to process what was happening. Then we start to adjust to a new “norm”.
We live in fear and it’s hard. But the beauty is we know this won’t last forever. But our lessons do.
Being content and happy and living a simple life is rewarding.
I have what I need right now. All my avenues are being met. Can they improve. Absolutely. Am I grateful. Absolutely
There will be times. Especially now where you we don’t feel like ourselves. That we get in a funk. Please be sure to create a new routine. To have happy moments. To have conversations when you need to.
It’s so important to have people in your life you can communicate with. I have known this guy for years. These last couple of months our dialogue changed so much. It’s like meeting eachother all over again. I must admit it’s awesome. Easy. Simple.
Shouldn’t everything in life be awesome. Easy. Simple?
I think so!
I hope you’re adjusting to your new norm. I also hope you know it’s temporary. Find beauty in the little things. Simple things.
Happy Easter...Buona Pasqua
This may be the last year I can get away with them matching outfits so I had to enjoy every minute of it.
Easter was different. Hard not having the extended family around. Some cousins came to drop off gifts. Was sweet. Still miss them and we are all wondering what will happen once life goes back to “normal”
For now we are just grateful for being healthy and well. Grateful for the love we have in our life. Our family our friends.
Cherish those who love you and who you love.
Saturday, April 11, 2020
Why Do Fish...
Today’s joke. Courtesy of my daughter’s ice pop:
Why do most fish live in saltwater?
Because they are allergic to pepper.
Friday, April 10, 2020
You Can Have The Things You Want In Life
Don’t project on to others. Don’t carry insecurities from previous relationship failures. Be confident in yourself. Do know every situation is a new situation.
Thursday, April 9, 2020
When This Is Over...
Maybe this is showing us who and what matters. Who we want in our lives. Who we appreciate, love, miss...
Happiness Depends On Who You’re With
❤️
This is so true. When you’re with your favorite people it doesn’t matter what you’re doing your heart will be happy. Respect. Honor. Value. Those people.
Easter Traditions
You have to color eggs. It’s hard not having Easter with the extended family but I still wanted to keep traditions going with my girls.
Next was making Easter bread. I love making this. I have been doing it for years. My favorite is adding cinnamon and sugar to the recipe. I eat it for breakfast with cream cheese. So fun and delicious.
Next was making Easter bread. I love making this. I have been doing it for years. My favorite is adding cinnamon and sugar to the recipe. I eat it for breakfast with cream cheese. So fun and delicious.
And it won’t be Easter without an egg hunt. It will just be us doing it this year. It’s ok. The girls still had fun helping me stuff the eggs for the hunt Easter morning
What Easter traditions are you keeping alive? What’s keeping you sane? What activities have you been doing with your family?
Wednesday, April 8, 2020
Tuesday, April 7, 2020
Never Stop Doing Good
You don’t do good to get credit. You don’t do good thinking the same person will do good back to you.
You do good things just because....
Monday, April 6, 2020
Why Communication Matters
Tell me how you feel. Tell me what’s bothering you. Tell me how I can help. Tell me how we can fix things.
How’s your communication style?
I am very vocal- if you don’t already know. I like uncomfortable conversations because it clears things up. I like telling people how I feel about them and hearing how they feel about me. I learned to let my guard down and do and say what I feel in the moment. Sometimes it backfires other times it’s allowed walls to come down and relationships to blossom.
What I don’t like is a guessing game or when things get weird or awkward. I don’t like not knowing where I stand. But I realized one thing....
Communication is up to you. Really. I have met people who are openly aggressive and speak freely what’s on their mind. I have met super shy people who keep it all in. It was really up to me to adapt to make them comfortable to have an open dialogue.
We think we can be the same way with everyone. But we don’t talk to our children like we talk to our friends or companions. We don’t talk to our coworkers like we talk to our family. We don’t talk to our companions and spouses like we talk to another person in our life. You have to adapt to your audience. We have to also accept who we are dealing with.
You can’t change people. You change how you handle the person.
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