Bereaved and Blessed

How I Feel (Then and Now)

September 16, 2016

I love before and after pics! ? And it’s been awhile since I’ve shared a set of mine… ? So today, on the left, I give you 39-year-old me, the day after Eater Sunday in April 2014, when Bob and I began doing Focus T25 with Shaun T and drinking Shakeology daily. ?? On the right […]

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Who Me? (Then and Now)

September 13, 2016

12 1/2 years between these two pictures… ⌛️ Sean was almost 6 months old and I had just turned 29. ? In some ways it seems like so long ago and yet I can also remember a lot about what 29 year old me felt like. ♥️ I was adjusting to life as a new […]

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Eating on Vacation (Then and Now)

September 9, 2016

What stories do your family pictures tell? Do they remind you of special times you spent together? These two were taken only a year apart. ? The one on the left was taken at the happiest place on earth, in August 2015, on our epic family Disney/Universal Vacation! ✈️☀️?♥️? And yes, Bob and […]

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My Family and Me (Then and Now)

September 8, 2016

Then (2003): I had just taken my first BFP (positive pregnancy test)! ???? Now (2016): I am mom to three awesome and unique children (a son in 7th grade, a daughter in Heaven since she was born and died in April 2008, and a daughter in 1st grade)! ✌?️♥️☺️ Then (2003): I had an expensive private gym […]

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The Unimaginable

June 28, 2016

Every now and then I find a song that touches my heart and soul so deeply that I cannot stop listening to it. Even less often I find a story or a soundtrack, in this case both, that has the same effect on me. This is Hamilton. It’s only been about a week since I starting […]

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On Feminism at 41

May 17, 2016

It started with watching American Crime Story: The People Vs. OJ Simpson. The main focus was clearly meant to be on OJ’s innocence or lack there of, as well as racism and police misconduct. However, I kept coming back to the story of how Marcia Clark and Nicole Brown Simpson were portrayed and vilified in […]