What I realized when our daughter asked me one simple question: “Why are you cleaning SO MUCH??” So she asked me this question as I am frantically trying to clean the bathroom, the hardwood floors, and carpeted areas of the home, all prior to some family coming over. People that have never seen our […]
Feeling Oh-So-Grateful (Even If It’s NOT Thanksgiving) Get this – The year was 1974!!!!! I am putting al those exclamation points after because this is still incredibly MINDBLOWING to me. This is what we’re talking about today because someone just reminded me of this date again – Thank you, Serena Hicks, Dear.) […]
I’m not gonna lie. I was kind of horrified. You know how sometimes you realize you’re doing something that you didn’t even realize you were doing? Well that’s exactly what happened to me. This was definitely one of those times. I wasn’t smiling then. What You Have to Know – First Thing’s […]
Sometimes, it’s hard to believe this stuff happens. I was doing the thing I always do – Drinking tea. Simple enough, right? As I’m about to put a fresh tea bag in, I realize I am not quite done so I lift the mug up to my face, and spill a bunch on […]
My husband Jon and I – we didn’t explicitly have an agreement about this. Or a huge discussion on the topic that I can remember. One that led to us signing a document of some sort at the end of that meeting. But – Without needing to say it out loud, it was […]
They said a professor shared this with them in college and it stuck. I know how that works because I have some of those in my own repertoire. Things I remember people saying to me decades ago. I love these little truth bombs. So. Much. Particularly when they come from the couples I work with. […]
For years, (don’t ask how many) I would tell myself that I can’t drink smoothies in the winter time because it made me cold. You know, green drinks. Given that I’d use frozen fruit or cold juice or coconut water from the fridge, my body would just end up shivering for hours afterwards. […]
Every time I go to Trader Joe’s or Target to get snacks for the waiting room at my office (yes, I have food for my people), I feel like I need to explain myself. Like I need to tell someone what is going on when this is ALL that’s in my basket. No […]
Where it All Started: This Place I get to be reminded of that day daily now. It hasn’t always been the case. But – This is where it all started. What, you may ask? The first time my hubby and I went out, before we were ever officially a couple, was to this place. […]
Why this work, why me – The Back Story Today, I have to talk about something so that you understand. When I first left academia and the Hispanic Literature world, to start the program and get my Marriage and Family Therapy degree to be able to work with couples – it was a […]
