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Searching for Better Health

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So, I haven’t blogged any on my health issues other than my anxiety and depression. But I had knee surgery a couple months ago. I had to have lateral release done. The past 8 weeks I have gone from having surgery and not being able to walk without crutches to back to walking pretty close to normally. I still have a slight limp, but I go to physical therapy twice a week to work on strengthening my knee. So, as far as that, I’m getting healthier. Now my weight is another thing… I gained so much weight from not being able to workout and sitting around all day. I should have been eating better because of that but of course I wasn’t. I could kind of tell my clothes were starting to fit tighter, but I just ignored it. I don’t usually keep a scale at home because I always check it like crazy. So, while at physical therapy early in this week and I was stunned!!! I couldn’t believe the number (I’m not ready to tell the world just yet) but it sure is high for me. One good thing about my ...
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Growth

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           I have really grown a lot in the last year…even more so in the last 6 months. I went through a period where I didn’t know who I was and mentally I was in pieces. I had to really pull myself together. It took time , prayer , and mostly importantly, action . Saying and DOING are two different things…. I kept telling myself what I needed to do, what I wanted to do, but wasn’t DOING anything. Finally, I set a plan and then I proceeded to execute what I planned out. I started going to church again (I don’t go regularly, but I go 1-2 times a month). I’m not that big on “religion”, but I am very spiritual. I got back in school to finally finish my degree that I have started and stopped multiple times. I moved to a city where I wouldn’t have any distractions and could stay focused. I pray daily…actually numerous times a day. I set 3 alarms for the same time everyday to remind myself to stop, meditate, and pray on what’s current...
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The Art of Forgiveness

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When it comes to forgiveness, we have had our back and forth. Growing up as a child in an abusive home, I forgave every time it happened. As a quiet little girl who was picked on and bullied in school, I forgave. I would still try to be friends with those kids. I was the poster child for forgiveness. Then something changed in me. By the age of 13, you couldn’t look at me in a bad way and think I’d speak to you again. Forgiveness was nonexistent in my life. And that is no exaggeration. I can remember that as a teenage girl and young adult, my mottos were “I carry grudges like I carry my purse, and I take my purse EVERYWHERE.”   And “Jesus forgives, not ME!” If I felt like someone wronged me in anyway, I would be done with them. No need to say sorry or apologize in anyway. You would be wasting your breath. I remember a time when I was 21, my father said something to me over the phone that I didn’t like. I hung up the phone on him and didn’t speak to him for about 8 years....
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A Good Mother

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Being a mom is such a beautiful thing. I have been one for 10 years and I truly do enjoy it. However, it has not always been that way. I had my oldest daughter 2 weeks before I turned 21. I was stuck in the middle of wanting to be a mom and wanting to live life with my friends. I was in college and not working with a daughter to take care of. I didn't really have a mom growing up so being one was so foreign to me. I loved my daughter from the moment I saw her, I just didn't know how to grasp that "she is the most important thing now" concept.  As time went on, I got better as a mother. At age 24, I was becoming a mother for the second time with another daughter. I truly believe I was given daughters to form better versions of me. It just took me a long time to realize that. Even though I had become a   better mom, it was in the sense that I was more intuitive to their needs and that I was beginning to understand that no one was going to take care of them but me. So...
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ElaineMichelleStudio Review

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I have gotten really into planning the last few months. So much so that I have bought two planners (I will do a review on those later), different colored pens, and these awesome planner stickers. I found a shop on Etsy called ElaineMichelleStudio . I follow the owner on Facebook and Instagram so I had been seeing a lot of her posts about planning, different planners, and planner accessories. Once I got to her Etsy shop I was so impressed and excited. She offers stickers that range from fashionably dressed girls, bill reminders, money management, shopping, and school. She even has a section where you can choose custom stickers for her to create for you. And the prices are phenomenal. Great price ranges and she also offers “$2.00 Tuesdays”. She had exactly what I was looking for to try out for my first time. I ordered a set of COLLEGE stickers, which come either 1 sheet for $4.00 or a set of 3 for $8.00. I did the set of 3. Each sheet has 5 columns of 7 different sticker...
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Strawberry Cheesecake Turnovers

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I am so in love with the strawberry and crème pies that they have at McDonald's that I had to find an easy recipe to make my own at home. Plus, I knew if I made them at home I would get over my extreme craving for them. I googled and googled different recipes and after going through about 10 of them, I decided to just try something out and see what I would come up with. I love sweets and especially sweets that I can make on my own and do so easily. Enjoy this recipe and please leave comments and pictures if you try at home :) Also.... Share Subscribe Ingredients: ·          Philadelphia Ready to Eat Cheesecake Filling   (I found at Walmart where the cream cheese is) ·          Small Flour Tortillas (any brand) ·          Strawberry Filling (any brand) ·          Vegetable Oil ·    ...
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What's To Come...?

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I have been doing so much thinking, praying, and planning. I have dreams and goals that I can't put off any longer. I started by getting back in school, so I could finally finish my degree. I started off a bit rocky, but I stayed focus and now I am doing so great. I will have my degree finished in one more year and I plan to have my own business up and running well before then. I plan to take this blog to the next level. I have had so many ideas for what I really wanted it to be and it was all just too much at first I believe. My dreams and ideas were larger than I was ready for or that my anxiety was ready for. Now I have come up with what I really want, I am so ready to get there. I have been creating a peaceful and calming space where I can work and create and achieve my goals. I really want to do some great things. I know I have some great ideas. I just must stay focused and execute what I have dreamed up in my head. It all sounds so simple, but it can be so scary. I reached ...
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