Blog about life
This blog is about my life lessons- being a mom, being a friend, and just being.
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Parenting- we all have bad days and good days. So do the kids.
Well, there are times that children have to cry and there are times that they have to misbehave. And I learned from my children is that you just have to be flexible sometimes, it is ok, if things change, and it is totally ok, if I need to give them time to process their feelings…
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Wildfire haze in Washington- do we see what the reality is in this haze?
We have been living in this haze for the past few days. It feels so unreal when you are outside that you are looking at things through this haze, are things really as we see them? It’s almost like seeing things from a different lens. Red is no longer red. White is no longer white.…
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Show up for your kid- even if you are going to be late
My son had an end of the year picnic at school, and I had to facilitate an important meeting at work. I knew I will be late to the picnic if I go after the meeting. Feeling a bit guilty about not being able to be there for the picnic, I realized that showing up…
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Perfectionist & baking- Mom had a meltdown baking cookies
I clearly remember my sons words “Mom, they are just cookies”. When he said that, it woke me up. On a day in June, the baker in me decided to make some sugar cookies with my son. My son decided to cut the cookies in Bunny forms. I did not say much, but really the…
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I am special
How many times have we told our children that they are so special? What is the message that we are telling them when we say that? Are we saying that because they are so special, they should feel entitled about life? I do believe that we are all different and unique in ways as individuals,…
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Blame you- so I don’t have to look at myself
In life, it is so easy to blame the other person. When that crazy driver cut me off, I am so yelling at him. How dare him! What was he thinking? I own the road and don’t you dare cutting me off. He was such a idiot by the way he drives. Have you looked…
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People pleaser – whom can I please? be myself- take care of yourself
Growing up, being the eldest child, I am used to taking care of my younger brother. I moved to Austria with my father and my brother, then I was automatically told to take care of my father and brother. Then I became a people pleaser. I thought being a people pleaser, my parents would love…
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Positive mindset and aging
Aging – stay young – mindset creates how you feel and how you look No one would believe my age, I have been able to maintain the youthful look. There is so much negative feeling attached to aging in our culture. I have a positive mindset about aging. I knew as I get older, I…
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The journey to be myself being a single mom
It took me 10 years to be comfortable enough to tell people that I am a single mom. For me there was so much shame attached to that title, that I was so ashamed of myself being one. I was never comfortable being me, as I grew up to be an outsider. I grew up…
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All these problems, help! What do I do?
Oh no, it’s one of those days that nothing went my way. At work, things kept blowing up. I made a careless mistake on a work document, then said something incorrect at a meeting, then the kids decided not to listen, and we were late to sports, gosh to add on this, every traffic light…