I jumped on the opportunity to review Formerly A Wife (A Survival Guide for Women Facing the Pain and Disruption of Divorce) by Welby O’Brien. While I am a VERY private person, I had a very rough separation and divorce. The relationship with my ex-husband spanned over 20 years. We were high school sweethearts, grew up together and have four beautiful children. The life I had … [Read more...]
Family Holiday Traditions Through the Season
This post was sponsored by T.J.Maxx, Marshalls and HomeGoods as part of an Influencer Activation for Influence Central and all opinions expressed in my post are my own. I get very sentimental around the holiday season. It’s a time of year that can be very hard for some and festive for others. I think I’m in the middle where I do have my moments of sadness but, I try to … [Read more...]
Why Continuing My Education Is Important to Me
I was a teen mom. I was pregnant at 16 and had my daughter when I was 17-years-old in my senior year of high school. My due date was June 22, 1996, but, she had her own plans and came into this world June 5th. I guess it worked out because she was just shy of a month old and was in attendance at my high school graduation. My graduation day was June 22, my scheduled due date. I … [Read more...]
Bring Family & Friends Together with Evite
Disclosure: Thank you to Evite for kindly sponsoring this post. All opinions are 100% honest and completely my own. #LifesBetterTogether Spring is definitely a beautiful time of year. The weather starts to get better and you can begin planning all your Spring festivities like Spring Break and the Easter Holiday. It's a time of year that brings families together to catch … [Read more...]
Holiday Traditions Revisited
I've been thinking about traditions lately and can't help but, think about ones that my family had during the holidays when I was a child. I was raised by my parents until I was a pre-teen and then my maternal grandparents raised me until I was a young adult. The holidays use to be one of my favorite times of year and then I lost both my grandparents to cancer within a two year … [Read more...]