I’m aware it’s a little later in the day than normal, but it’s been a hectic week. Without further ado, day 7 of the 30 day blog challenge is to recommend my favorite book, so here it goes.
I’m aware it’s a little later in the day than normal, but it’s been a hectic week. Without further ado, day 7 of the 30 day blog challenge is to recommend my favorite book, so here it goes.
Everyone has pet peeves, or something that a particular person finds especially annoying. In today’s challenge, I’m here to share my top 5 pet peeves with you. Although they are common, not everyone would classify these as their top 5 — but they really get under my skin.
When Austin and I first met, he went through absolute hell, honestly. In the beginning stages of any relationship, trust has to be built, respect has to be given, and so on. For me, I didn’t trust anyone, not even myself.
After enduring many years of verbal and emotional abuse, on top of the constant cheating, I no longer trusted. I didn’t trust myself due to my ignorance for years, putting up with way more than anyone should ever have to. There was no logical reason that I couldn’t have left sooner, so why didn’t I? If the man that I married and shared a beautiful little boy with couldn’t love me, respect me, want me, encourage me, and do what all husbands should want to do with and for their wives, why in the world would I put myself through something like that again?
Continue readingDear Young(er) Danielle,
Although there is so much that I’d like to say to you, first and foremost, I want to make sure that you know that you are loved, more than you can imagine. Being 16 can be conflicting and overwhelming at times, so I know how easy it is to feel alone. However, whether or not you feel as though you can depend on those you consider your friends, you will always have a loving, supportive family by your side.
If you, or someone you know, battles with depression, then you understand how incredibly difficult it can be just to do simple tasks. For myself, I can typically do what I know that I have to do, even when it’s debilitating, simply because I know that I don’t have a choice.
Getting up to get my son ready for school, getting myself ready for work, dropping him off, and going into work is something that I have no choice but to do. The bills have to be paid, we have to eat, he has to have an education. These are things I simply cannot avoid, even though 90% of the time, I truly wish that I could.
But, there is also a lot of things that I do not make time to get to when I’m struggling really bad. The house is a wreck, dishes are piled up, I haven’t showered in a few days, all I want to do is go to bed (even if I can’t sleep), my son has cereal for dinner, and so on. I desperately need to cry, but I can’t because I feel numb. What am I supposed to do?
When Austin and I first met, we were both going through a lot in our lives. You know how people say that you will find the person you’re meant to spend your life with when you least expect it? Well, that’s exactly what happened for us.
In early 2016, I was still finding myself again after a traumatic event happened in my life. Austin was in the VA program for recovering addicts, and had been sober for 15 months.
Many years ago, I was introduced to the book “The 5 Love Languages” by Gary Chapman. My, then, husband and I were in marriage counseling due to his verbal abuse and continuous cheating. Being young, I truly believed that he wanted to change.
Everyone should have a bucket list of things that you’d love to do in your life, even if they seem “impossible.” You will look back on your list from time-to-time and remind yourself of things you’ve always wanted.
For me, I created my bucket list many years ago. It was meant to be added onto, but I haven’t done that. These were things I knew I wanted in my life, whether they were to actually happen for me or not.
Today is the first day of my 30 day blog challenge (that I’m, personally, extending to 60 days in order to have a break between posts). Let’s get started!
I’ve seen many bloggers take on a 30 day blog challenge, and many of them successfully. Most of the blog challenges have some of the same content to write about, with a few alterations here or there.
Reading blog challenges has been so intriguing for me, so I’ve decided to jump on the bandwagon for myself. However, due to working full-time, as well as being a full-time parent, I don’t see myself sticking strictly to a 30 day blog schedule.
With that being said, I’m doing my own variation. Not only will I be picking 30 topics I can truly see myself writing about (compiled together from various other blog challenges), but I’ve decided to turn it into a 60 day blog challenge. That way I don’t feel too overwhelmed, and will have a one day break between each post.
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