Rejoicing. Absolutely rejoicing. This has been my goal for so long: getting two periods in a row. Well, to be precise, my GOAL has been to get three in a row… but, you can’t get three without the first two, and I haven’t missed less than 3 months between periods in just about 8 years, …
Last night was one of the best nights. Johnny had planned to make a fancy dinner reservation for our first married Valentine’s Day, but I decided I really wanted to just stay in, just the two of us – my very favourite kind of date. Yes, that’s right – staying in the house you both …
I toyed for a while with what I wanted to call this series. “Pursuing” a selfless marriage? No. “Cultivating?” Not it. LIVING. That’s it. You see, the other two words insinuate that my marriage to Johnny isn’t blissful without any of the lessons. Because it is, because of how much we love each other. It …
Please note: this post mentions numbers and weight. If you are in a place in which such content is potentially triggering for you, please refrain from reading this post. My aim is to help rather than hinder, but I pray you take the time to check in with your mental state. Thank-you. The first time …
Good Monday! I’m so excited to be linking up with #LMMLinkUp for Literacy Musing Monday with Mary-andering Creatively. And I’m talking about identity. Because, whether we realize it or not, we daily give our identity into the hands of someone or something. A few short months ago, I had a scary realization that I was …
Currently Devouring. Is there anything as wonderful as a slow morning featuring coffee and breakfast in bed? HOME. We feel so blessed to get to work together occasionally, even while on different things. And breakfast together… well, it’s practically my love language. Especially when breakfast is a paleo, chocolatey smoothie with Tutti Gourmet Bites. When …
…have been some of the best weeks of my life. A few days ago, while we were driving, I told Johnny something that had been on my heart for a while. “All of the best things in my life have been completely and wholly God’s doing,” I said, “And nothing to do with my own …
…it’s for your next 3pm hankering. You know, the in-between-lunch-and-dinner-I’m-feelin’-snacky hankering. I get it pretty much every day now that I eat unrestricted. It takes 10 minutes to make, is easy to customize, and involves very little effort. Sound like your kind of snack? Let’s get to it! Goat Cheese Margherita Pizza Makes 1 snack …
10 days ago, I married my best friend. Two days after that, we embarked on our first big trip together: our honeymoon to the beautiful island of Turks & Caicos. Our plane left Toronto, Ontario just after 10am on a Monday morning. Less than half full of other eager travellers, couples either our age or …
It is a common misconception that people with eating disorders hate food. The reality is quite the contrary. In most eating disorder sufferers, food is obsessed over, constantly thought about, and researched.In the depths of my disorder, I constantly baked and cooked high-fat, delicious dishes that I wouldn’t let my own tongue even nearly close to, but that I served with glee to those around me.