Guys can you believe we are already a month into the new year!?!

It seems like such a crazy thing to wrap my mind around. Especially because I feel like we just started the year (and technically we did). But 31 days have come and gone and now its time to brace ourselves for another 28 days.

I’ve always had a love/hate relationship with the month of February. I love it because Spring is on the horizon, which is my second favorite season (fall is my first). Springtime is also another season where the weather is absolutely perfect. It’s never too hot or too cold. It’s always just perfect. Which means that if come February 2 the Groundhog does not see his shadow, I’ll be able to start enjoying the beautiful weather earlier than planned (if you believe in that).

I “hate” it, which is honestly just more like despise it, because if the Groundhog does see his shadow that means I have to get through six more weeks of Winter. And anybody who knows me knows that I love Winter so long as I don’t have to be out and about it in. Sadly, that is not possible. But I’ve done it plenty of times before so if worst comes to worst, I’ll have to do it again.

But here’s to an early Spring! 🙂

I also sort of despise February because it’s also the month of love. And by love I’m talking about Valentine’s Day. [Read more…]

Alright guys this topic has been heavy on my mind lately.

Do you know anyone, or you may be one yourself, who constantly apologizes for things they should not be sorry for? And I’m talking about things like being assertive, wanting to commit to your words despite how it makes others feel, or even doing something special for yourself. Do you ever catch yourself or anyone close to your heart apologizing for things like that?

Well I do. I have to live with witnessing this process day in and day out and honestly just watching it happen is very draining. My mother is what I like to call the “sorry woman”. She apologizes for everything! And her apologies are not a straight up I’m sorry. Oh no, her apologies are more in the fashion where she feels bad about whatever it was that has made her feel this way, and then she’ll spend hours talking about it before she finally caves in.

I love my mother very much but by allowing herself to feel as though everything that happens to anybody close to her heart is her responsibility is the biggest burden she carries.

And it gets exhausting trying to communicate this fact to her. She doesn’t see individual struggles, she sees group struggles. If you have a problem, then that means she’s has a problem. If you’re going through something, she’s going through that same thing with you. Its like she has learned how to attach herself to others in a way where she’s living multiple lives and therefore she’s battling multiple battles. [Read more…]

January 21, 2017 was a big day for women, supporters of women’s rights, the younger generation, and the future of humanity.

It was the day that many men, women, and even children from all walks of life, all over the world came together to stand, protest, and fight for women’s rights. Something women have been fighting for, for many years now.

And it was a truly beautiful and honest thing to see with the full support of men and children right by our side.

This day will have an impact on the future in many different ways. Such as in how men and women identify themselves as individuals in this world. How men and women look, view, appreciate, and value one another as equals. There will most certainly be an impact on not only the many different generations that are present today, but also on the future generations that are yet to come. This day will instill in everyone who participated and supported the march, the importance of equality and the beauty of our differences.

Because there is something to be embraced and appreciated about our differences.  [Read more…]