Thank You, Love

I know I’m seriously late on this but I hope everyone had a wonderful Father’s Day weekend. I’m happy to write that I was able to spend it with some of my family that I hadn’t seen in a while. We had a BBQ with my sister-in-law’s family on Saturday. Then on Sunday, we spent our morning at my parent’s house. The children played outside and my parent’s neighbor brought over a horse for the kids to ride. A nice little storm front blew around us which brought in some much needed cool weather for the day. We ended the day with dinner at our favorite restaurant and ice cream for the drive home. 

All of that aside, today I wanted to take a moment to express my gratitude for my partner. I’m grateful to him for being such a really wonderful person and an even better father figure. For loving me, even on the days when I know, it’s hard. When I’m being a brat. I’m incredibly blessed to be able to do life with him. I know that I don’t always say it, but I'll always try my best to show it. I thank God every day for putting him into our lives. And I honestly can’t wait to see what's in store for us next. 💜

Wordless Wednesday

Monday Inspiration - Choosing

Happy Monday, y’all! I hope everyone had a wonderful Father’s Day. I did my best to stay off of social media over the weekend, because well, anytime I log on it’s just more negativity. People are so hyper-focused on the election, Trump, racism, the BLM movement, police brutality, or taking down statues. And then, there’s a heated debate on just about every single topic underneath the sun. It’s almost as if people have forgotten that we aren’t all the same? All of these narratives being tossed around lately have been really draining these past few weeks.

So, instead of getting lost down that rabbit hole for what seems like the hundredth time, I did my best to enjoy the weekend with the people I love most in this world. And today I'm choosing to see the good in humanity. I’m choosing to believe that all of this turmoil will create a positive change. Hopefully, it will also teach us all a valuable lesson too. And I'm choosing to give thanks. 

Today, I’m doing my best to lean on my faith during this time. Because, no matter what, I’m Catholic first. During these chaotic times, our church is calling for us to listen to others. We are being called to pray for the world; for our brothers and sisters. We are being called to extend grace and request it for ourselves as well because we are far from perfect. So, today, I'm choosing to sit back silently and learn. I’m choosing to make an effort in seeing the good.