I was standing in line at Whole Foods earlier this month and felt like I was in the middle of a scene from a sci-fi movie. New plexiglass separating the workers from the public at checkout, markers on the floor reminding you to keep adequate distance, signs telling you that there will be no handling…
What will your new normal look like?
Snapshots of motherhood: 4 moms share the good, not so good, and what they’re learning
Motherhood; a beautiful, complicated journey that is as unique to us all as our fingerprint–yet we can still learn so much from each other. In March, I wrote a blog post about what motherhood looked like for me at the moment. Well, here are four incredible moms, giving you their snapshot of it all right now. We…
Bruschetta chicken pasta salad
What’s for lunch? Salad, but make it with carbs! Here’s another recipe I gave a try from cafedelites.com. Filling but still light, good for a cool spring day. The recipe from the site is below. The only thing I did differently was just as in the previous recipe I shared, I broiled the chicken versus searing it…
A Mother’s Day Gift Guide…
I’ve never done a gift guide before, but I’m going to give it a shot. Here are my Mother’s Day gift picks for 2020 (i.e., basically everything I would love for a Mother’s Day gift)! Farmgirl Flowers ($46-$99) Flowers are always appropriate for any day in my book. But it’s Mother’s day, so flowers with…
On Being Strong
Back when I did a lot of journaling, poetry was a small piece of it. But I haven’t written a poem in so very long. Since middle school, or maybe high school, if I had to guess. And then this one just casually flowed out of me a few nights ago. Inspired by two resonant words that someone recently…
BLT, balsamic chicken, avocado, and feta salad
Yes, another salad. Because with everything going on, it is super important to make sure we are eating our fruits and veggies for proper nutrition! So I made this BLT, balsamic chicken, avocado, and feta beauty. And don’t question the bacon. Life is hard, bacon helps. I snatched this salad inspo from cafedelites.com (via Pinterest), one of…