Basic, Never Boring
Bringing home my firstborn was one of the greatest days of my life. I couldn’t imagine a more perfect little tiny baby. Fast forward a few years, and I was faced with the reality that I was going to be a special needs mom. This was something that I was not wanting to face, and…
What we’re reading… The Spirit Almanac by Emma Loewe and Lindsay Kellner This book is so super cool and beautiful! When I ordered it, I doubted I’d really be into it, but it was the May book club pick in the Simple Ayurveda Community, so I gave it a go. I’m beyond impressed. It is…
My Inspiration Ruby “Evelyn” Burnette was born one of 11 children on May 8, 1930. She married the love of her life on December 24, 1948. During the next 12 years, she and her husband, Clifford Wade, welcomed three beautiful boys. You may be asking why am I rambling on about some old lady. Well…
Growing up, my mother and I had a very close relationship. The type of relationship that other mother-daughter pairs envied and looked up to. She was my best friend, but not in the “let me buy alcohol for you and your friends” way. In the fact that she was there for me in all of…
Today my family celebrated the life of my Grandma. I haven’t quite figured out how to summarize her life in words, and I don’t know how to thank the woman who deserved the world, but she was the rock to our family and will be sorely missed. While our deeply religious upbringing gives us the…
What we’re reading… Amateur Hour by Kimberly Harrington. This is the perfect Mother’s Day gift for your mom, daughter, friend, or for yourself. Just like parenting, it combines the humor with the hurt. It made our Mom’s Summer Reading list, last year. I recently gifted this to a friend and she’s already given it her…
With the weather starting to warm up this Peach Margarita is the perfect thing to enjoy while watching your kids play outside or after they go to bed. I fell in love with Peach Margaritas after I took a trip with the kids to Palm Springs last year. I enjoyed it frozen; it was massive…
Self-worth, confidence, self-esteem; whatever you call it- for some reason, in young girls and grown women alike, it seems to be lacking. How can we raise and support females to become strong, confident women? If we go back to when a mother is pregnant, there is a different excitement when people find out the gender…
Food and Fashion from the Bluegrass State The Greatest Two Minutes in Sports Ask anyone that has ever watched it and they will tell you that the above comment holds true for the Kentucky Derby. And while, yes, the main attraction is the horse race that spans 1 mile of dirt track, living in Kentucky…
I have a confession: I love makeup and skincare. Which means when Sephora does their semi-annual sale, I always jump on it. During the sale there are different percentages off depending on what level you are, there are also some different dates. Here’s the breakdown of the dates and percentage off: Sephora Rouge members will…