As I mentioned in my last post, I am one of Lean Cuisines Phenomenal Ambassadors and sharing great stories of accomplishments and great food all summer long. In my last post, How Do You Weigh Yourself?, I helped share the message, the most important way you can weigh yourself is your accomplishments. No scale or piece of clothing can ever change the amazing accomplishments that make us great women.Lean Cuisine wants to help recognize the unseen things women do every day that go unnoticed, so Im sharing the story of a woman I think is phenomenal. When thinking about who I would share in this post, I thought about the many phenomenal women in my life and each unique attribute they … [Read more...]
Archives for August 2015
a wednesday brain dump
Oh hey, two days in a row? That is, if you'll count a bulleted list of random thoughts as a blog post. We survived the first day of kindergarten. I shed a few (or more) tears the night before, but we were all smiles this morning. Her thoughts on kindergarten? Basically it's the best thing ever. I had high hopes that it would wear her out a little more, and maybe she would fall asleep a little sooner, rather than staying up to talk to her monkey and lovey in bed. She was still chatting away 30 minutes post lights-out time. Of course, I stood in the doorway and listened for a while, best entertainment of the day. I can't help being torn between the summer … [Read more...]
she is ready
I can't quite put my finger on the exact feeling I've had each time the first day of school has crossed my mind. Before she carefully chose a backpack, before we picked out school supplies. It's a crazy feeling, one that makes my breath catch a bit when I think about it. An insane mix of emotions, I'm intensely proud of her, her excitement, her eagerness, how smart she already is before even setting foot in a kindergarten classroom. She is ready. But the first day of school seems so heavy, the first page of this next chapter feels like it was cut from a different cloth, a million tons sitting on my chest. It took me awhile to really go through my emotions and figure … [Read more...]