Some of my favourite holiday memories & diffuser blends to get you in the spirit

As a kid, Christmas was always a big deal in our house.  My parents went out of their way to make Christmas special for us every year.  I still remember laying in my bed as a little girl waiting for Santa’s arrival.  Would I hear him come into the house?  Maybe I could stay awake…

Dear Little One

Well, we are 2 days away from a brand-new baby entering our family.  Our oldest daughter is set to deliver by cesarean on Wednesday and I can’t help but be so excited and anxious about his arrival (that’s right, it’s a boy)!  I’m not anxious in a nervous way, I am anxious in a “I…

Traveling Tribe and Pickle Soup

A couple of weeks before my recent vacation to Mexico, I grew anxious. Not about crime, the effect of travel on my MS or about my travel partners, but from the guilt of taking a trip itself. This was the worst kind of remorse: mother’s guilt, wife guilt, etc. Guilt because my husband was working away…

Good or Not Good – that is the question & Garden Fresh Salsa

I was reading a blog today where the writer was talking about things she is good at and it got me thinking, is there anything I am good at? I will tell you I am good at one or 2 things but other than that, I had a hard time coming up with anything.  It…

Life is Short

You never know when it is your time, but it sure doesn’t seem fair when someone is taken away far too early. You feel like you just aren’t finished with that person, there is so much left to do, to explore, times that you still need to laugh and cry with them.  You question why? …