{I’m speaking from experience here…of both…}You don’t just break a rib – it’s not like you turn the wrong way or get up out of the chair funny and **oops** you broke a rib. Something has to HAPPEN; you get in a fight, fall down a flight of stairs, get kicked by a horse…something powerful.The wind is instantly […]
You probably know how much I love my pineapples. If it’s pineapple flavored – I’ll eat it. If it’s pineapple scented – I’ll smell it. If it has a pineapple on it – I’ll wear it. If it’s pineapple inspired – I probably already own it!Did you know that pineapples are a symbol of wealth […]
I’ve been married for longer than I’d like to admit {so long, in fact, I tell people to got married at 16 so I don’t give away my true age (12 years in May)}. Last year, the hubs and I decided it was time to do a financial ‘physical’ – basically we just went through […]
As long as I can remember I’ve been a fidgety person. Not because I’m nervous or anxious – I just like to be multi-tasking small tasks. I can’t watch TV or a movie without doing something with my hands too {otherwise I go crazy} and that normally means picking up my phone and playing a […]
So, I’ve dubbed 2017 the year of the healthy Crystal {OK, maybe just healthy-ER Crystal}. I started the year off by going back to the doctor, getting back on some of the meds that I should have been on all along, focusing on the diet and exercise…just generally doing the things I should have always […]
May is a tough month for me: You see, pretty much everything that has ever happened in my life has happened in the month of May – the good and the…well…not so good.I got engaged in May and a year later married in May. I graduated with all {2} of my degrees in May. I […]
I, like most people, have a personal comfort bubble. I like to stay inside my little bubble and rarely venture out. I notice that the older I get and more I stay in my bubble the more I WANT to stay in my bubble…catch 22 right?So, last week I went out of town for a […]
…OK…so I didn’t really die – but I thought I might and I actually wanted too…I went to the doctor today for a check up, something I haven’t done since 2011 {put down your torches, my bad, I know!} This is the doctor that I found when I first discovered I was pregnant with Madelyn, the […]
The whole point of Sharing Solace is to bring people together – to build a community of grievers in all stages of their journey. In that spirit {and while I wait (not so) patiently for my ‘real’ website to be done} I present you with our new series Solace Sharers.The purpose of Solace Sharers is […]
**I feel like I have to preface this {as I with most of my personal entries} with: this is not a cry for help. I am not looking for attention, I do not want to kill myself so don’t put me on a watch list. I am generally a happy person but yes, sometimes I do get […]