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Thank you guardian angel.

I just wanna start off saying I’m a firm believer in signs, although many people say things are coincidental I believe there’s always a reason behind everything. I also believe when loved ones pass on from earth they find ways to communicate with us through signs, because they are always looking down from above and making sure we’re safe and sound.

At around 3am our fire alarm went off twice, ten minutes apart but it rang twice you guys. We searched the house but found no fire anywhere. The only thing I could pin point it to was I fell asleep with a heat pad on, mom must have been watching me from the heavens and woke us before anything could have happened (because there was no smoke or fire or anything from the heat pad being on for the few hours I was asleep).

December 31, 2019

There’s so much to reflect on this year. I’ve survived so much more than I thought I’d ever be able to handle, and I’ve managed to learn so much in the process. Truly it’s been hard to trust god and his plan for my future but I’m glad he’s been able to navigate me through the rough waters. Looking forward to so much in 2020.

5 things I was thankful I learned in 2019:

  1. How important family is
  2. Look to the light at the end of the tunnel
  3. Trust the process
  4. Stop and smell the flowers, it’s worth it
  5. Be thankful for everything in life

December 30, 2019

Does anyone else feel compelled to clean every corner/counter/closet in your house before the year ends? That’s been me, my mom always told us it was bad juju to go into a new year with a dirty house. I spent my day yesterday deep cleaning our carpets; today since I got off work early I rushed home to put together the rest of my room then I started to clean the pantry and kitchen downstairs. Like you guys, there is not one single piece of clothing sitting on the floor of my closet right now, how crazy is that?

To be honest, I love the idea of a new year and starting over with new beginnings. Do you guys do new years resolutions? Or is that a thing of the past? I feel like there are a lot of people out there saying they don’t do resolutions anymore because it sets them up for failure. I don’t feel that way though, I always set one or two big goals for myself to try and do during the year. Mine this year was to learn to cherish things and to live in the moment. I feel like I did a pretty good job at doing just that.

Five things I am grateful for today are:

  1. filtered/bottled water; something we need in order to live but literally take for granted because we don’t really have to think twice about clean water
  2. not having to hunt for my food, being able to go to a grocery store and buy whatever i want whenever i want
  3. having air conditioning/heater
  4. modern medicine and healthcare (even though there are a lot of problems in the US healthcare system, I am still thankful to live in a day and age where it exists and things continue to advance)
  5. growing up with parent’s who gave me the world

December 26, 2019

I’m not sure what it was, maybe post food coma from yesterday or maybe it’s just been one long week prepping for the holiday; but boy am I exhausted. Today came and went in a blink of an eye and I’m not even sure how I survived. Seriously the amount of times I yawned was countless, but things were so busy at work I didn’t even get a chance to really drink my coffee before it cooled off and I ended up having to throw it away. And to be honest my bed has been calling my name since I left it at 7 o’clock this morning, so I’m gonna try and wrap this post up and get to snoozing.

Some things I was grateful for today:

  1. The snooze button on alarm clocks
  2. The smell of coffee in the morning
  3. Taking warm showers to wake myself up
  4. Kindle, getting to read a book whenever wherever
  5. Whoever invented smoothies, such a yummy go food/drink

December 25, 2019

Merry Christmas Friends! Really hope everyone got to spend some time with their loved ones, and enjoy the holidays.

I can’t believe the holiday season is officially over and we are now moving toward the countdown into 2020. So many things to reflect on for this year, so many different lessons I’ve learned. I know one things for sure though, I would not have been able to make it this far without my family.

Five things I am thankful for today are:

  1. Holiday memories with my family and friends
  2. Presents from loved ones
  3. Family traditions
  4. Laughter
  5. Eating til my stomach’s full

Christmas Eve

It really doesn’t feel like tomorrow is going to be Christmas. For one, Texas decided our high is going to be 72 degrees so it definitely does not feel like winter. Second, my nephews and nieces are all at the age where they no longer believe in Santa so I’m not needing to bake cookies or hide presents downstairs. Missing the times when they still believed in the magic of Christmas. Also just wanted to wish everyone a Merry Christmas Eve and hope you’ve all made it into Santa’s good list!

5 things I am thankful for today:

  1. Warm hugs
  2. Memories of the good times
  3. Being an aunt
  4. Christmas Eve sleepovers
  5. Cozy pjs

December 21, 2019

4 days til Christmas, can you believe it? I mean are you guys even done shopping yet? I’m not, I have a few more people to go but at this point I’m really considering throwing in the towel and buying gift cards. What I did manage to do is wrap the gifts I already got and place them under the tree though, it looks real nice! Does anyone else find gift wrapping to be kind of therapeutic? With the amount of mental breakdowns I’ve been having lately it was refreshing to focus on something other than the thoughts in my head.

5 things I grateful for today are:

  1. The ability to get takeout from restaurants (that Olive Garden really hit the spot tonight)
  2. Having free time to spend with family
  3. Moments to myself
  4. The knowledge I’ve gained through past experiences
  5. Good company/conversation

Things have been challenging lately, these posts have really given me the opportunity to reflect and be more appreciative of my surroundings.

December 20, 2019

I’ve had a handful of mental breakdowns this past week. I think it has to do with all the life changes happening and the holiday being around the corner, it’s making me really just miss my mom. What I mean is more than the usual amounts of missing her. Time’s moving by so quickly and one thing that makes me feel somewhat guilty is how I’m able to live without her…

But that’s the whole point of all of this, right? Learning to live without her? I mean after all there’s nothing anyone can do to make her come back… Trying to stay positive can be extremely difficult sometimes, but I can’t stop my progress. Momma didn’t raise a quitter. Sooo five things I have grateful for today:

  1. The time I had with my mom
  2. Having an amazing mom to look up to
  3. For who I am because of my parents
  4. Time healing my wounds
  5. God & Mom always looking out for me

December 19th

Wow I’m really bad at this challenge, missed another day. There is an explanation for it though, I mean I might as well justify my actions right? Well here goes nothing, our 16 hour car ride home from Arizona ended up taking nearly 20 hours because the highway was shut down for nearly 3 hours (while we were in the middle of nowhere). Sooooo when we finally got home yesterday I spent the majority of my day lounging around not being stuck in an upright position haha. Then today was pretty busy for me too, it’s 6 days before Christmas and with how hectic life has been I haven’t had a chance to finish shopping so I spent most of my day trying to do just that. Until I got home and realized just how close Christmas was and we didn’t even have our tree up yet, if this doesn’t sum up how crazy life has been lately then I’m not sure what does. Long story short I am finally tucked away in bed and figured it was a good time to catch up on blogging. To make up for yesterday here’s 10 things I am grateful for:

  1. Sleep
  2. That I woke up today
  3. good health (for the most part haha)
  4. Having aunts who take care of us and make sure we have a home cooked meal at least 5 days a week since mom passed
  5. being surrounded by such amazing people
  6. the ability to buy things i like/want
  7. being able to afford gifts for my loved ones
  8. having my own car
  9. not having to make car payments
  10. time to binge netflix series

Holidays are a time to be thankful

Tonight while I was cleaning my room and sorting through Christmas gifts I bought for my loved ones, I realized there are a lot of small every day details that I take for granted. Particularly I was thinking about how grateful I am that I don’t have to worry about picking out an outfit everyday for work since I know I have to wear black scrubs. I then started to think about all things we take for granted during the holiday season, mainly because when it comes to buying a gift for your loved ones you want to get them something that shows how much they mean to you. But we are all missing the big point, the holidays are a time to be thankful and a time to cherish moments.
I decided in that moment I wanted to challenge myself to posting a blog about 5 things I am grateful for each day for the rest of December (maybe longer). So here I go, 5 things I am grateful for are:

  1. Having a loving family that supports me in everything I do
  2. Having sweet friends that check on me during my grieving process
  3. Having a roof over my head, money in the bank, car to drive, food to eat, running water, electricity; all the essentials to a comfortable life
  4. allergy medicine because I cannot imagine my life without it
  5. my dogs because they just make everything better