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Mom Truths
Man talk about mom truths It is December 1st and I still don’t have my tree up. My house is a disaster. I also barely have any Christmas shopping done. Not sure why but this past week I have been in a funk and decided to put myself first. I ran a 5k, had lunch date with my girls, pedicures, and slept in. But now I feel like a mom fail in life. Where has the time gone, how do people balance, and why does self care entitle feeling like a slacker after? The Friends Feast We had a Friendsgiving or what my daughter calls Friends Feast. I think that.…
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Thanksgiving traditions and Memoir
This thanksgiving was a first that some families had others missing from their table. Not because they couldn’t make it, because they were celebrating with Jesus. My great uncle had a sadness in his eyes almost as if he was lost in his mind. He handed out a few pages of staples paper that he had typed up about my aunt. Her biography. He didn’t want to leave anything out and wanted others to add to it. It made me think, how many of us have written our own autobiographies down and what will others remember us by or thank us for? What good did we do in this world that…
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The C Scare
You tend to think you are untouchable in your teens. In your twenties, you have your whole life ahead of you. Your thirties, you realized life is passing you by. By the time you hit your mid thirties, life starts to become real. You wonder if you are making the right choices in life. Are you established in your career? In your marriage? Or are you starting over? How is your health? Will you live long enough to see your child graduate, get married? Will you have more children? There are so many things that go through our head in our mid thirties; do you begin a new chapter in your…
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PCOS- Silent Syndrome
PCOS- Silent Syndrome as I call it. You can’t see it, but it’s there. So many women all over the world suffer from PCOS. There isn’t a drug in the world to cure it. It’s something you live with, you survive, you deal with, and you mask. You mask it with razors, wax, electrolysis…. you mask it with anxiety medication, mood enhancers, and emotional melt downs/break down and out bursts. The many do’s of “be more active” and don’t “say no to carbs, dairy, glutton, etc” The physical pain you feel, the emotional pain you feel, no one will ever understand. Pains of unstoppable periods, missed periods, negative readings, and…
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Jealousy is a Lousy Prospective
Jealousy… The word has been popping in my head all week. One of my friends tweeted about it. It’s easy to start showing jealousy of things you do not have. But when you lose what you do have, prospective sets in and you tend to gain more humbleness. Thou shalt not covet. Most of the time we think of a car or house. But, it’s deeper than that. We wish we were a mom. That we had the job with the corner office window and 6 figure salary. We wish we were a super model. Wanting freedom to travel like our friend has! We want what we don’t have, and…
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Destinations of Each Chapter
“She’s so high” plays as I fly out of Atlanta to my final destination. Makes me think of what all happens between our start in life’s journey and the final destination to each chapter. Often times I tend to be a people pleaser. Always wanting to give my best and my all. I had an older brother growing up. It always seemed easy for him. I was constantly in his shadow and thought of as “Swayne’s Sister” which everyone seemed to think it had a great ring to it. All through middle and high school, that’s who I was. Not Jenny, not Swayne, not my individuality at all. Just a…
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That Work Life Though… Thoughts from a Boss
When writing ppl say to jot down everything that’s in your brain at one time then sort it out in the end. I have tons but don’t know how to begin. At work I’d like to think I am building an empire. Being a practice manager is a lonely job but it doesn’t have to be. You have to put high quality people in positions and trust them to do their job. If you can’t trust them to do it, your hosed. I have some women who have been tremendous. Yes they have their quirks, but they honestly do care about their job, the patients, and the practice. They don’t…
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Finding Your Passion
Find out your passion. And do it! Find out what you are passionate about. Got it? Now, are you doing it? Why not? You’ve got to do your passion. You’ve got to have something that makes life worth living.
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Boundaries
Moms need them. When we are depressed and don’t want to be touched, When we need to set aside time to go to the gym, Leaving the dishes to get those 8 hrs of sleep. Waking up before your kids to get those extra done, Locking the door to your bathroom so you can escape in the bubbles. Saying no to extra money from weekend calls so you can spend those Saturdays with your kids and Sunday’s with your parents. Boundaries are necessary if you love yourself.
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Do You Know Your Body?
Know your body! I cannot stress this enough. You know your body and live with it everyday. The doctor doesn’t. You know what’s normal and what’s not. When you have PCOS, you especially need to do this! My last exam I had an ultrasound. My dr noticed lots of polips (no big deal she said, you have PCOS) to me seeing the inside of my body, they didn’t seem normal. She said my lining was thick but since I already menstruated I wouldn’t again. Guess what, I did a week later. So we have to know our on bodies. WhTs normal for us. The only way to do this is…
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