she is me.

I am the chaotic mom, the work obsessed, have to keep busy, load everything up on my plate even if there is no more room kind of girl. The one who will make sure it gets handled, even if I don't know how to do it. I am the "yes" girl, because I don't know how to say no. A recovering people pleaser, an emotional rollercoaster. All in all, I am just a girl who wants to make the world a better place. I say random things at the wrong times, wear my heart on my sleeve, quirky and weird kind of mom. The mom who buys notebooks and pens I will never use, has an overabundance of lipsticks, loves live music, hates laundry, loves a cold beer, an oversized glass of wine, fried food, cusses too much, has a horrible addiction to rice krispie treats and an even worse addition to coffee and loves Jesus.

I recently started a new journey of life as my husband and I have become complete empty nesters and I told myself I would take a break from being the "volunteer mom" for a while, but that didn't happen. If you know me, you know it was a total lie.  It has been quite the journey, but I would not trade it for the world. I find my free time getting lost in my own thoughts, getting distracted watching reels of makeup tutorials I will never do or workout videos that I can't do because of my sciatica.  But somehow having a pen in hand with some kind of paper to write these overflowing thoughts of mine down has become my sense of peace. Learning how to navigate this beautiful journey we all call... life.