Sharing my random life is what I do best
Advents calendars played a big part of my childhood during Christmas. It was exciting to wake up each morning and get a taste of milk chocolate before breakfast. I don’t ever recall there being options outside of chocolate calendars. Now you can get calendars with beauty products, lego pieces
So it feels like 2020 has lasted 10 years and it’s only March. So much has happened that I’m sure we are all just craving some sense of normalcy again, especially our kids. I know with school being cancelled for what might be longer than initially thought, it can be hard to try and keep our routine as normal as possible. So in the effort to help you eliminate some of the work, here’s a list of some “after school” snacks that can help you create some normalcy after 3 pm.
“Thou shalt not be a victim, thou shalt not be a perpetrator, but, above all, thou shalt not be a bystander.” ― Yehuda Bauer
Today is International Holocaust Remembrance Day. For many of my Jewish friends, today is a day of mourning but also a day of activism. For many of them, their family legacies include a responsibility to ensure that the Holocaust doesn’t happen again. But they shouldn’t bear that responsibility alone.
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I love my husband, but I hate his PTSD. There is nothing romantic or beautiful about it. It is exhausting living in a battlefield some days while hopping through green meadows other days and waking up in the morning and never knowing which of those our family will experience.
It’s exhausting thinking about all the potential triggers that may set him off on any given day. While also thinking of the usual daily grind of raising a young daughter, maintaining a full-time job, keeping up the household, and trying to give me the mental capacity for “self-care.” I’m tired of carrying the emotional and mental load most days.
My story isn’t shared often. It’s not one people admire or want to hear. Hell, I think some people will label me as not understanding, not sympathetic enough, or, as I’ve heard in some military spouse groups, “not understanding what I signed up for when I married him.” I don’t even think people know what to do when they hear it because it challenges the hero culture surrounding veterans. Veterans are brave. Veterans with PTSD are courageous for sharing their stories, getting help, and for the sacrifices they make. But what if I told you that while my husband is all these, he is also capable of abuse and torment? Of inflicting pain and fear within our family that if he weren’t a veteran with PTSD, most clinicians would classify our relationship, our family, as dysfunctional and my experience as domestic violence.
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When you want chips but don’t want to make the journey to the nearest grocery store, you work with what you’ve got. That’s what happened a few weeks ago on movie night. So I searched the fridge and found some leftover tortilla wraps from our last taco night and we were pretty much set. These baked tortilla chips are easy, quick, and healthier than your regular store-bought chips. Plus they were a hit with the family, so what’s not to love. Read More
This was probably the easiest DIY I have ever done and it entertained my toddler for hours and hours, leaving me with time to clean up the rest of the house. This easy floor road map only took me a few minutes to set up, and I did not need all sorts of supplies either. Read More
