Tag: happy new year

• Hope in the New Year

  

  I recently took a really, really deep breath. I am certain I am not alone in the deep breath crowd. The holidays are fun, but wow, they nearly kill me every year. I hesitate to say that out loud because I never want my children to think I hate the holidays or that they themselves […]

  Melissa

  January 5, 2021

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• Quiet Rebellion

  It’s funny how we use the “ending” of a year to mark our lives. The truth is, December or January, we are just living life. Each day is life and an opportunity to start something new. Really, it is all running together. I do it too. I see the finish line.  A new year begins, […]

  Melissa

  December 31, 2019

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  acceptance, changes, defiance, expectations, family, friendship, growing up, happy new year, home, honesty, hope, inspiration, life, love, middle age, midlife, midlife crisis, motherhood, new beginning, new year, rebellion, self care, self discovery, selfish, single mom, womanhood, writing