My Love of Cooking

Food has always been an integral part of my life. I have been overweight for a majority of my life. At a young age I was already chubby and it continued to grow because I loved food. I've got a very good handle on my weight but I still have an intimate relationship with food, … Continue reading My Love of Cooking →

Communication and Feelings

There are life lessons that I'm very lucky to have learned early on in my life. There are certain things that people older than me don't seem to have a firm grasp on. One thing that I've learned that has helped me immensely in all of my relationships can be boiled down to one single … Continue reading Communication and Feelings →

Grief: The Ball in the Box

Grief is eventually a part of everyone's life. I have been fortunate enough to only deal with the grief of losing a loved one a few times in my life. My immediate family has been fairly blessed to not have to deal with as much loss. Some people seem to have to go through it … Continue reading Grief: The Ball in the Box →

Golden Age Games

For a week or so I kept seeing signs around my job talking about rehearsal for The Golden Age Games. I thought it would be something in the vain of Olympics for residents. I asked around and I realized it was more of like an indoor field day for residents. There would be games, activities, … Continue reading Golden Age Games →

Transitional Technology Generation

This evening I had started writing a previous blog (which I saved and will finish another day) when my boyfriend came home. We started having a conversation and it spurred such a good point that I felt to need to write about it and share it with all of you. Somehow amidst everything we were … Continue reading Transitional Technology Generation →

Friendship: Revisited

After re-reading a post that is 14 years old it made me realize that I've always held friends in an esteemed place. These are my views on friendship and my commonalities may not be across the board. Maybe you really struggle making friends or choose not to have any. Maybe you've never put friends ahead … Continue reading Friendship: Revisited →

Synchronicity

Synchronicity is Gods way of letting you know you're exactly where you should be. Synchronicity is defined as the simultaneous occurrence of events which appear significantly related but have no discernible causal connection. Last night I had a friend ask me "Are you religious?" I replied that I'm "kinda" religious. Someone then clarified by asking … Continue reading Synchronicity →

The American Way

I'm running a little behind so I better disregard the world. As I sit on a loaded flight from STL to PHL I can't help but think about the rest of my day. What time will I land? How long to walk to my connecting flights gate? Will there be a gate change? Etc. However, … Continue reading The American Way →

Happy Memorial Day

Today we recognize all the soldiers who have fought so hard for our country. I really want you to think about this for a moment. Regardless of your opinions on war or our nations spending on war you can't help but admire somebody who is willing to go through that for their country. Some people … Continue reading Happy Memorial Day →

Why are Millennials so miserable?

The term Millennials has been popping up in the news and in social media for a long while now. A millennial is anyone born between 1981 and 1999 (according to a Google search). We are to blame for many sensational claims. We've been blamed for the deaths of many things such as: department stores, mayonnaise, … Continue reading Why are Millennials so miserable? →