Love Marriage

This post is way overdue but I told myself that as long as it was posted the month of our anniversary, all was good. Well, look at that; I made it. Barely. We had completely different plans to celebrate our 7th wedding anniversary but when Sean learned the news that one of his college friends had passed away we quickly scratched our plans and chose to say our final goodbyes. Sean and I went to college together so when he showed me a picture of his friend I gasped because I remembered him. Sean had done a few reunions with him over the years but I always sat them out because I'm a strong believer that we all need one on one time with our own friends. His friend was one year ahead of me and I could clearly picture him around campus because he was one of those guys. The good looking guy who was so sure of himself, even at 20. I was so sad to see that at 35 he was gone but impressed with everything he had accomplished in his short years. I know, I know, this is suppose to be a ha...

This Thanksgiving was different, not necessarily in a bad way but in a very quiet way. I am so use to waking up abruptly to the noise of my alarm clock along with a hint of urgency to get up fast, pack things and get on the road. This Thanksgiving I woke up slowly and leisurely. I was in no rush and it felt kinda nice to just wake up at my own pace. I sat down in the kitchen with a cup of coffee and made a to-do list of things to accomplish that day. Our menu was turkey, stuffing with dried cranberries, baked broccoli, corn, mashed potatoes and corn muffins. Sean had to reel me in a bit because I wanted to make so much more and he had to keep on reminding me that I'm cooking for just two. I'm glad he did that because even with taking all of that into consideration we have leftovers for days, maybe even weeks. I missed the commotion. I missed the noise. I missed my niece and nephew running like maniacs from room to room. I missed cooking with my sisters in a kitchen not...

I can't remember the last time I spent Thanksgiving without my family. To be honest, I believe this year will be the first. I seriously thought it wouldn't be such a big deal but right now I'm feeling a little bit of sadness that I won't be celebrating with my family this year. In order to cheer me up a bit, I'm sharing a few of my favorite pictures from Thanksgiving's past. Wishing you all amazing Thanksgivings celebrating with those you love. I hope you know that today and everyday you have so much to be thankful for ♥.

Three weekends ago, my parent�s church held a one year memorial service for my mom. I was not thrilled about it if I�m to be honest. It is like when a wound is not yet healed and you puncture it again. I just wasn�t ready. But in the end I decided that I would put my feelings aside and honor my mom once again. On our drive to the service, which was held in the Bronx, my sister texted us a picture of a literal heart in the sky. She said that my niece was saying, �There�s a heart in the sky� but she thought she was just using her imagination. My niece was adamant so she finally looked up and sure enough, there it was, a heart in the sky. She quickly took a picture and sent it to us. At the moment I received the text I was on the verge of tears. It is quite possible that at the exact moment we all needed something, anything, to put our hearts at ease. I truly believed that my mom was telling us to not have our hearts be so heavy. And for us to know that she was there comforting ...