Last summer, I made the decision to disconnect. I logged off Facebook and Instagram for the summer and I did not check my email for ten long weeks. I read only the books I felt like reading and wrote only the things I felt like writing. The result was one of the happiest summers of my lifetime.

I have this obnoxious need to multi-task ALL THE TIME. Judging by my funky dreams, I may even do it while sleeping. Multi-tasking, it turns out, has lead to a healthy habit for me.

She knew he was leaving. She mentally prepared her mind for it, as well as she could with the short notice of it all. She told herself it was only 12 weeks. They will have a lifetime together after. In 38 short days, he will be coming home briefly for their wedding. With him leaving though, it was. That was one thing she was bad at. She had just gotten used to all of the new change in her life. Now life was being altered again. Why are we laying on the kitchen floor? A few.

Would I be able to keep up and actually write something for 31 days straight? Am I going to make a fool of myself? March 31, 2015.

Maybe one day you will be a baseball player! July 16, 2015. You are now officially a big brother! May 26, 2015. Tomorrow is your 3rd birthday! Happy Birthday to my sweet baby boy! I love spending the day with you on your birthday, I just want to make you happy! I love you so much Blakey! March 31, 2015. You even had Gigi bring out her plastic eggs to play with and practice hiding around her house.

Get me outta here! Live, Love, Teach. Slices of life from my little corner of the world. It always manages to find me. Despite my very best efforts to keep it at bay. So I roll over to take a peek at him and bang! It manages to shine in right between the visor and the rearview mirror and pierce m.

Imagination is the highest form of research, Albert Einstein. There is a new beginning. Always planning for the future. Always looking back to what was. Papers, calendars, orders, books. Notes, reminders, dates. So hard to be present in the here and now. When the past and future keep knocking on my door.

Blogging my way through the year. How this month makes me better. this year I focus on the writer.

Finding peace in a busy life. As we were walking from the car to the park, in the rain, my darling daughter is bouncing and laughing. She is gushing about how great this is going to be, and how much fun she will have.

Bacteria a Good Thing? March 10, 2015. The cravings I used to have for sweets have almost disappeared. Brand The nutritionist we talked to said health begins i.