Life sure does have a way of throwing you off at times. Yesterday, as I sat on the front porch, with my husband and daughter, enjoying the nice weather, I received a phone call from my mother. My grandfather passed away. My voice broke as I began...
Life has gotten pretty hectic over the past few weeks. I didn't even have an opportunity to send last week's Dose of Love. It's been two and a half years since I first started the blog, Doses of Love. I've learned a lot since then and...
Recently, I had the opportunity to connect with a 77-year-old man, who has far more wisdom than any words can ever convene. At the very beginning of our conversation, he asked, “Well, who are you? Tell me about yourself.” I began to tell him the story of...
I know that’s a huge statement to make and I don’t mean it in a cliché, hippie sort of way. I mean literally and figuratively, yoga saved my life. I am a very anxious person. Although I might not present as someone who is always...
Last week my womanfriend and I were having a conversation about friendships and how our friendship has changed over the years. We’ve been friends since college and although there were periods of time that we didn’t speak as much, we always picked back up right...
All the statistics show that I should be divorced by now. And it’s not like I haven’t thought about it. I’m sure at some point every married person has thought about it or will think about it. If anyone says otherwise I would think they...
God boxed me into a corner to beat me up four times this past week. On my way to yoga class I was procrastinating, knowing that I needed to go but wasn’t moving to prepare to go. Once I realized that I was going to...
Over the weekend my husband and I celebrated our daughter's 1st birthday. It was also the first time I shared that I had a daughter on social media. When we found out that I was pregnant, we knew that we didn't want to announce it...
Money makes the world go round, well at least that is what people like to say. It is the thing that some people life, work, and die for. Many people believe that by having more money their lives will be better. They convince themselves into...
It is a phrase that is spoken perhaps more than a billion times per day; however we rarely stop to reflect on the true meaning of the question. “How are you” has become a conversation starter or polite greeting but we never expect to hear...
There is a war going on in America. It’s not just a racial war, as so many of us would like to believe, it is a war against class. Money is the motivation of the system. Money is what fuels capitalism and keeps the system...
Say hello to the old me. The scared me. The hurt me. The loud me. The abused me. The fierce me. The brave me. The doubtful me. The reckless me. The tired me. The ambitious me. The passionate me. The heartbroken me. The innocent me....