Moments of Musing

Happy 5-4-3-2-1

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5. I have an exciting package in the mail to review and post about. I’ve been wanting it for forever so I’m genuinely looking forward to posting about it. 
4. I’m celebrating a non-scale victory: I am (squeezed) back into my size 2 jeans. It’s a reminder that I just needed to give myself time and grace. It really is amazing that I’ve lost 40+ pounds in four and a half months. 
3. Work has kept me busy and given me ways to deal with the post-election stress. It helps that I find myself in meetings with like-minded and concerned colleagues. It lets me know I’m not just being paranoid in my fears. Living in NYC helps, too, because I see both good in people and I’m surrounded by diversity. Win-win. 
2. The weather has been super mild and sunny, as seen in the photo above. I just love sunny fall days. I love summer and all, but this time of the year is my absolute favorite. Thanksgiving is in less than a week, which means Christmastime is right around the corner! I usually indulge in all things Christmas by this time but I think parenthood has taught me not to rush time. I’m looking forward to spending and dressing for the holidays as a little family.  

1. Slow-dancing this morning with my husband and baby boy reminded me just how important little moments are. I usually don’t get much time with the baby in the morning so it was nice to have those moments. It goes without saying but love them so much my heart could explode. 

This month, start living your best life

Filed Under: life, perspective, positivity //


How is Halloween over and November already here? I feel like I blinked and life fast forwarded itself. 

Ah, life. 

This month, no matter the ups and downs and all arounds–live it. Live every experience fully and freely. Don’t let the negatives creep in and overtake the positives. Don’t “woe is me” your days away. 

Let’s take my life, for example. I’ve had people call it a “fairytale” and while it’s semi-flattering, it’s also a little offensive when expressed a certain way. Yes, I’m aware I have an amazing husband and a beautiful baby boy. I am blessed BEYOND belief and I’m so in love with both of them. I would not do anything differently. 

But my life is not picture perfect. My marriage is strong but there are days when my husband and I strongly disagree. My son is the best thing to ever happen to me but his newborn days were (mostly) sleepless, difficult and yet overwhelmingly happy. Work is tough but I’m lucky to have a job I enjoy and the understanding coworkers I do. 

It’s all about perspective. Even if you don’t like this season in life, make the most of it. Don’t discount your own successes or life experiences because someone else’s seem better. If I did that, I could go on and on about whether we have enough–money, space, time, so on and so forth.  

And still, even though my life is far from perfect, I have to pinch myself because none of the imperfections matter when the loves of my life look at me. We’re doing the best we can and I think we’re kicking butt at it. We’re just living the best life we can right now. 

You deserve to do the same. 

Autumn’s Darkness

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We’re often so excited for fall that we forget the clocks jump forward. The days are shorter. The nights are longer. The sun goes down earlier. The dark arrives sooner. With it, autumn brings increased darkness.  
The darkness creeps in slowly at first. It’s barely recognizable and then it seems like all of a sudden, the dark hours arrive sooner and sooner. It’s hard to remember what it’s like to get out of work during daylight, to wake up during daylight, to arrive home during daylight. All of that suddenly happens in the dark. 
But while the darkness has certainly crept in, we mustn’t forget that light shines brightest in the dark. It’s most visible there. It stands out more. You know, the light never really goes away. 

It might be harder to find or take longer to get to or be more work than you want to put in, but the light is always there–if you just look for it. 


Keeping Perspective

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T informed me that there is a Sailor who became separated from the Sailor’s unit during an open ocean training mission in Hawaii earlier this week. (See Navy Sailor Missing off Kaena Point, Oahu and UPDATE: Coast Guard, Navy, local crews continue search for missing sailor)
It helps me keep perspective that no matter how far T is right now, any distance is better than never having met him or not having him in my life. So today, I am grateful for everyone and everything I have in life no matter how difficult trivial issues might seem the moment they pop up.
My thoughts and prayers go out to the Sailor’s family xo