Fairy tales and second chances was not the intended topic of today's blog. Truly, I have a content schedule, and the article I was to write for today is scheduled for next weekend now. However, it's the eve of a pretty big day for me, and I found myself overwhelmed with emotion. So, in true... Continue Reading →
Romance may be the absolute last thing on a lot of couples' minds during a global health crisis. I'll admit, in the beginning as shelter in place began to roll out and my husband's job became work from home; the biggest thing on my mind was the safety of my family. In time, the routine... Continue Reading →
What we've learned in marriage was a blog post hubby and I shared at the 7 year mark of our marriage. As we celebrate 11 years this year, we decided to comeback to share additional nuggets of lessons we've learned. So, shall we? Comfortable Can Be Good Alicia: I'm of the the opinion that sometimes... Continue Reading →
Chronic illness changes everything When the discussion of intimacy has occurred between myself and my girlfriends; I’ve undoubtedly been pegged “the go to”. I am so comfortable talking to, my sisters from another mister about the topic because I absolutely know how important intimacy is in a marriage. And when I say intimacy I don’t... Continue Reading →
A month ago I sat down at the very laptop I'm typing on right now, and explained that I needed to focus on my health journey and my healing. I was in the depths of a depressive episode and didn't feel compelled to be blogging a la Carrie Bradshaw. And though my depressive episode is... Continue Reading →
https://www.instagram.com/p/BVAHw18gr3y/?taken-by=apyblog That's right! The awful wait is over and ya girl is fabulously cancer free! I don't think I can ever adequately describe the fear that enveloped my mind at the thought of having cancer of any sort. I briefly discussed it here. I tried my best to take the "wait and see" approach and... Continue Reading →
3 years ago I had 2 children and was pregnant with my third; abruptly my pregnancy came to an end and was devastating for my many reasons. With time, I resumed my normal life and came to the conclusion that I was just fine raising my daughter and my son. Fast forward to 14 months... Continue Reading →
As I mentioned in my previous post; hubby and I are celebrating 8 years of marriage! We weren't able to get out of the state; so we opted to staycation right here in Atlanta! We had no real plans to do anything but vegetate without the children, make out like high-schoolers and come up for... Continue Reading →
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I often separate my depression blog entries from my mommy blog. I mean, parenthood is supposed to be more about the growing pains of family life; how could depression possibly fit into that? Yea. Right. The more things change within my family dynamic I realize I can't really separate these two facets of my life.... Continue Reading →
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