Sometimes it’s hard for me to separate my love of food from the activities surrounding it. For example, I don’t really like parties, but I can be convinced otherwise if said party has an excellent snack selection. I had to scrutinize camping the same way. Did I really enjoy sleeping in a tent on the hard ground and…
Quick heads up: I’m going to spend this entire post trying to remember the name of the memoir where this idea first presented itself to me. Aren’t things so much more mysterious and threatening when referred to in hushed whispers and tiptoeing around the actual word/person/situation? I mean, wasn’t that pretty much exactly what Harry Potter taught us?…
I spent many years of my life trying to be small. In middle school, I would try and hide behind my hair or disappear into the back corner of class. I’d sit on the very edge of a crowded cafeteria lunch table, close enough to others not to be a target for bullying, yet distant enough to not…
Give giving up a try. That’s my advice for you today- Just give up. It’s like Nike’s slogan, but slightly less motivational. To be clear, I’m not talking about giving up on your healing process or recovery. Besides, giving up on those things doesn’t always feel like giving up, does it? Eating disorders are weird like that. Getting…
If anyone out there is wondering if it would be a fun activity to say goodbye to the home and people that you love, I assure you it’s not. Frankly, it really sucks. More than most things, I’d dare to say. The party we threw for Ari the week before we left was all kinds of bittersweet. It…
Although I wish I could claim credit, the platter featured in this round of #SaturdayPlatterDay was my mom’s creation. I’ve seen some of her artwork she did back in high school and they weren’t half bad. But trust me when I say this is her greatest masterpiece (the greatest masterpieces are always edible). She put together this spread…
The platter was as delicious as the photo of it is blurry. I know, that’s saying a lot. This platter was from a few Saturdays back when I hosted two of my brothers and their significant others for dinner. I still can’t get over the fact that they are old enough to have significant others, let alone that…
Saturday Platterday – Mother’s Day edition. Technically this platter was created on Sunday and technically I’m posting on a Sunday, but since I created #SaturdayPlatterDay, I also make the rules for what counts and what doesn’t. This platter definitely counts. In our house, I am usually the exclusive platter creator. I spend my days constructing platters in my…
Taking a moment to appreciate the joyful things in life.
It could be due to the majority of my days have been reduced to terms such as diaper changes, deciding between the bouncer and the carrier, and if that crying meant hunger or gas… so maybe it’s because my whole day is consumed by these tiny, super important yet super minor decisions, I have done all I can…