Tag: #living
Practice Gratitude Daily
Each morning before your feet hit the floor, before you grab your cell…give gratitude something(s) in your life that bring you joy. It doesn’t matter how big or small these things are.
Today I’m grateful for my children’s humble spirit, the ocean; as it calms me, and the invention of these devices that keeps us connected. All of these things get me through day to day.
I hope each and every person my post touches has an abundantly blessed day!
Jaxon Strikes Again…
I dog sat the cutest puppy aside from my very own yesterday. I think this slightly filled my void of wanting a baby and/or another dog 🤣
We have given her the nickname SB for short because my mouth just doesn’t work right all the time. She and my big 4 year old “baby” lab Simba have gotten along great. I think he’s just happy to have a canine companion. Getting another dog is now definitely on the list. The baby…let’s put a pin in that one. 😬
I forgot how often you’re up with puppies when they are this small. But being a chronic insomniac it didn’t really put a bend in my sleep or rest schedule at all. I did however fall asleep before putting out Jaxon for the kids…
I woke up scrambling trying to think of something to do. I couldn’t leave my room because the kids were up and they’d see me with him. Smh. This is why I have to stay on schedule in December.
I had to think fast so I grabbed one of the dry erase markers from the top of my closet. I picked up one of the kids pictures on the nightstand and I drew on their faces. They will be floored to see Jaxon has drawn mustaches, beards and elf hats on their picture. I sat him between the plant and picture frame with the marker.
Who will be the first to find him?
Happy Thanksgiving
I made myself head into the kitchen to begin cooking. I think to myself, this year is at least better than last year. Last year I spent the day before, day of and day after Thanksgiving alone. I think I mostly laid around crying. My head hurt majority of the day. I was dog sitting for my best friend and just in a real fucked up mood. I was alone, me and my very best friend was going through one of those moments and I just wanted things to be normal.
I’m starting to think that last year was just a dry run for what was to come this year. The only difference is that at least this year I had my babies at home. I managed to get in the spirit for a little bit before all the thoughts flooded my mind and I just began to overthink and then cry. I legit just wanted to get in bed and go to sleep until the new year at least.
Although it was extremely hard at one point in the day, I made it. And hopefully next year will be a little easier. I’m trying to learn how to navigate these holidays and special events by trial and error. The only things that really got me through were the kids, my seester, my bestie, my silly brother and being able to talk to my Baby Love.
As I prepare for slumber, I hope everyone had a day filled with gratitude and love. That is really what the day is all about.
Blackout Wednesday
Often referred as Drinksgiving…this day takes place the night before Thanksgiving Day. While many people are at home cooking and preparing the bird for the big day, others are partaking in the biggest drinking and party night of the year.
College students are home on break and reuniting with friends that they haven’t seen in a while at bars and clubs. Most bars are aware of the “quirky holiday” and have drink specials to celebrate the occasion.
A sad repercussion of the day is that a lot of think binge drinking and celebrating results in drinking and driving. This in turn produces accidents and fatalities. If you or someone you love is planning to celebrate this day, please encourage them to drink responsibly, use a ride share/Uber/Lyft service or have a designated driver. It a wonderful thing to reunite with friends, but be safe so that the day can be enjoyed again next year.
Cherish the day and give yourself some grace. Embrace today, tomorrow is a new day!
National Unfriend Day
If you’ve been meaning to clean up your social media friend’s list, I hope you took advantage of the day!
Thanks to Jimmy Kimmel, National Unfriend Day exists. The thought behind today is to unfriend those folks in your massive friends list on Facebook that you don’t really effin know and that aren’t really your friend. Let’s preserve the meaning of “FRIEND“!
If their absence brings you peace…you didn’t lose them
Jim Carrey
CNN has gone the extra mile and even outlined criteria that you should consider when unfriending someone. It’s my personal opinion that you set your own boundaries and ask yourself a few questions before hitting that unfriend button.
- Do you really know them? You don’t engage strangers so why would you share pictures of your children and where you are located to a total stranger (Stranger Danger)
- If you saw them in public, you wouldn’t speak? There’s simply nothing more to add here.
- Do their posts are annoy you to the point that you hide them from your feed? The point of social media is to connect and converse right? So think about it, why are you friends?
- Do you really like them? Now following people you don’t like says a lot about you as a person.
Once upon a time I use to be a Facebooker, even and Instagramer. But I gave that up when my “friends list” was more people I didn’t talk to, didn’t care to talk to or didn’t care to know. And I saw more drama in black and white than I could ever see on television. I deleted my accounts because I didn’t have the energy to partake in a day like today where you go through a list of 500+ people just to delete those that you don’t know. And let’s not forget the energy surrounding social media today is just NEGATIVE. There’s such a divide with race, vaccination status, politics, religion and so much more. I live to laugh, not argue or debate. I’m not a lawyer!
Protect your peace. There is so much more to life than posting all of it on social media all the time.
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