Archive for the 'recovery' Category
The Day I Broke
• September 17, 2020 • 1 CommentPosted in acceptance, adult, adulthood, aftermath, alone, bad day, boyfriend, broken, chaos, chaotic, chores, condo, couple, decisions, depression, disaster, emotional, emotions, family, feel, feelings, finding yourself, happiness, happy, hard decisions, healing, health, healthy mom, humility, hurt, journey, lessons learned, life, life lesson, life lessons, life plan, life-changing, living, lonely, love, love hurts, maturity, mess, mess up, miranda lightstone, mom, mom blog, momblog, moments, mommy blog, mood, mother, motherhood, mum, mummy, observation, open, opening up, overcome, pain, parent, parenthood, parenting, past, patience, personal, personal growth, recovery, relationship, relationships, responsibility, running, sad, safe place, self awareness, self discovery, surgery, take a moment, take time, time, truth, understanding, wife, woman, writer
Tags: accident, broken bone, broken soul, covid, fractured tibia, heal, healing, hit by a car, pandemic, runner, running, running accident, surgery, tibia
Giving up for 2018
• January 10, 2018 • 1 CommentPosted in acceptance, adult, adulthood, adventure, aftermath, alone, bad day, belong, boyfriend, broken, can't sleep, career, careermom, cat, catlady, chaos, chaotic, child, chores, conversation, couple, date, dating, death, decisions, depression, disaster, divorce, don'tfuckup, emotional, emotions, end, ending, exploration, explore, fall in love, family, family history, feel, feelings, finding yourself, first day, fitness, functional, grow up, growing up, grown up, grown-up, half marathon, happiness, happy, hard decisions, healing, health, healthy mom, history, home, honesty, humility, hurt, I love you, infidelity, insomnia, journalist, journey, kindergarten, lessons learned, life, life lesson, life lessons, life plan, life-changing, living, lonely, love, love hurts, mature, maturity, memories, memory, mess, mess up, miranda lightstone, mom, mom blog, momblog, moments, mommy blog, mood, mother, motherhood, mountains, moving on, mum, mummy, new life, new people, new relationship, new year, new years eve, nye, nye2018, observation, obsession, ocd, open, opening up, overcome, pain, parent, parenthood, parenting, partner, past, patience, personal, personal growth, pet, plan, protection, recovery, relationship, relationships, responsibility, running, sad, safe place, school, self awareness, self discovery, single, single mom, single mother, single woman, singlemom, singleparent, sleep, sleep deprivation, sleepless, son, take a moment, take time, talk, time, travel, travelling, truth, Uncategorized, understanding, unfaithful, unicorn, voyage, walls, where you're from, woman, writer
Tags: 2017, 2018, adult, adulting, chase, chasing, emotional, emotions, give up, giving up, grow up, growing up, lessons, let it be, letting go, letting it be, life, life lessons, looking back, Miranda Lightstone, mistakes, mom, mom blog, mum, new years eve, nye, parent, parenthood, parenting, reflect, reflection
I hope you meet a nice guy…
• August 17, 2017 • 1 CommentPosted in acceptance, adult, adulthood, adventure, affair, alone, bad day, belong, boyfriend, broken, can't sleep, chaos, chaotic, cheat, cheater, couple, date, dating, decisions, depression, divorce, don'tfuckup, emotional, emotions, end, ending, fall in love, feel, feelings, finding yourself, functional, girlfriend, grow up, growing up, grown up, grown-up, happiness, happy, hard decisions, healing, honesty, humility, hurt, I love you, infidelity, insomnia, journalist, journey, lessons learned, life, life lesson, life lessons, life plan, life-changing, living, lonely, love, love hurts, marriage, mature, maturity, memories, memory, mess, mess up, miranda lightstone, mom, moments, mood, mother, motherhood, moving on, mum, mummy, new life, new people, new relationship, open, opening up, organization, organized, overcome, pain, partner, patience, personal, personal growth, recovery, relationship, relationships, responsibility, sad, safe place, self awareness, self discovery, single, single mom, single mother, single woman, singlemom, singleparent, take a moment, take time, truth, Uncategorized, understanding, woman, writer
Tags: acceptance, alone, bad, bad boy, boy, boyfriend, conversation, converse, date, dating, first time, girlfriend, guy, happiness, happy, laugh, lonely, meet someone, Miranda Lightstone, msmiranda, nice, nice guy, relationship, sex, single, single mom, single mum, single parent
Scared to be lonely?
• July 20, 2017 • Leave a CommentPosted in acceptance, adult, adulthood, affair, alone, belong, boyfriend, broken, cat, catlady, chaos, chaotic, cheat, cheater, conversation, couple, death, decisions, depression, disaster, divorce, don'tfuckup, emotional, emotions, end, ending, failed marriage, fall in love, feel, feelings, finding yourself, girlfriend, grow up, growing up, grown up, grown-up, happiness, happy, hard decisions, healing, honesty, humility, hurt, I love you, infidelity, journalist, journey, lessons learned, life, life lesson, life lessons, life plan, life-changing, living, lonely, love, love hurts, marriage, mature, maturity, memories, memory, mess, mess up, miranda lightstone, mom, moments, mood, mother, motherhood, moving on, mum, mummy, new life, new people, new relationship, observation, obsession, open, opening up, overcome, pain, parent, past, patience, personal, personal growth, recovery, relationship, relationships, responsibility, self awareness, self discovery, single, single mom, single mother, single woman, singlemom, singleparent, sleep, sleep deprivation, take a moment, take time, talk, time, truth, Uncategorized, understanding, unfaithful, voyage, wife, woman, writer
Tags: alone, be happy, boyfriend, damaged, enjoy life, fear, girlfriend, happiness, happy, joy, life, life lessons, lonely, lonliness, Miranda Lightstone, partner, past, pros and cons, relationships, scared, smile
Sarah and Me
• March 3, 2017 • 3 CommentsPosted in acceptance, adult, adulthood, aftermath, alone, bad day, belong, broken, can't sleep, cat, catlady, chaos, chaotic, decisions, depression, disaster, divorce, don'tfuckup, emotional, emotions, end, ending, fall in love, family, family history, feel, feelings, finding yourself, happiness, happy, hard decisions, healing, health, healthy mom, history, honesty, humility, hurt, I love you, infidelity, insomnia, journalist, journey, kitten, lessons learned, life, life lesson, life lessons, life plan, life-changing, living, lonely, love, love hurts, mature, maturity, memories, memory, mess, mess up, miranda lightstone, moments, mood, moving on, observation, open, opening up, overcome, ownership, pain, past, patience, personal, personal growth, pet, recovery, relationship, relationships, responsibility, sad, self awareness, self discovery, single, single mom, single mother, single woman, singlemom, singleparent, sleep, sleep deprivation, sleepless, take a moment, take time, time, truth, Uncategorized, understanding, walls, woman, writer
Tags: abuse, abused, bond, bonded, broken, cat, connect, connection, emotional, emotions, feelings, feline, foster cat, hurt, Miranda Lightstone, pain, past, relationships, sad, scar, scared, scarred, shattered, terrified, writer
When does it stop… ?
• January 13, 2017 • 8 CommentsPosted in acceptance, adult, adulthood, adventure, affair, aftermath, alone, bad day, belong, boyfriend, broken, can't sleep, chaos, chaotic, cheat, cheater, conversation, couple, death, decisions, depression, disaster, divorce, don'tfuckup, emotional, emotions, end, ending, exploration, explore, failed marriage, fall in love, family, feel, feelings, finding yourself, girlfriend, grow up, growing up, grown up, grown-up, happiness, happy, hard decisions, healing, honesty, humility, hurt, I love you, infidelity, insomnia, journalist, journey, lessons learned, life, life lesson, life lessons, life plan, life-changing, living, lonely, love, love hurts, marriage, mature, maturity, memories, memory, mess, mess up, miranda lightstone, mom, moments, mood, mother, motherhood, moving on, new life, new people, new relationship, new year, observation, obsession, open, opening up, overcome, ownership, pain, parent, parenthood, parenting, partner, past, patience, personal, personal growth, recovery, relationship, relationships, responsibility, sad, safe place, self awareness, self discovery, single, single mom, single mother, single woman, singlemom, singleparent, sleep, sleep deprivation, sleepless, take a moment, take time, talk, time, truth, Uncategorized, understanding, unfaithful, woman, writer
Tags: breakup, change, cry, crying, emotional, emotions, experience, feel, feelings, hurt, journalist, Miranda Lightstone, mother, pain, relationship, sad, sadness, single mother, writer
Just When You Think You Know Yourself…
• August 25, 2016 • 1 CommentPosted in acceptance, adult, adulthood, adventure, affair, aftermath, alone, belong, decisions, emotional, emotions, exploration, explore, fall in love, family, feel, feelings, finding yourself, grow up, growing up, grown up, grown-up, happiness, happy, hard decisions, healing, honesty, humility, hurt, journey, lessons learned, life, life lesson, life lessons, life plan, life-changing, living, love, love hurts, mature, maturity, miranda lightstone, mom, moments, mood, mother, motherhood, mum, mummy, new life, new people, new relationship, observation, open, opening up, overcome, parent, parenthood, parenting, partner, past, patience, personal, personal growth, recovery, self awareness, self discovery, single, single mom, single mother, single woman, singlemom, singleparent, take a moment, take time, talk, time, toddler, travel, travelling, truth, Uncategorized, understanding, wife, woman, writer
Tags: discover, emotion, emotional, emotions, evolution, evolve, experience, family, grow, growth, journey, life experience, Miranda Lightstone, mother, motherhood, self, self-discovery, self-evolution, self-growth, who are you, who we are, writer
The trouble with spilt milk…
• May 15, 2016 • Leave a CommentPosted in acceptance, adult, adulthood, alone, bad day, belong, boyfriend, broken, chaos, chaotic, child, couple, decisions, depression, don'tfuckup, emotional, emotions, end, ending, fall in love, family, feel, feelings, finding yourself, grow up, growing up, grown up, grown-up, happiness, happy, hard decisions, healing, honesty, humility, hurt, I love you, journey, lessons learned, life, life lesson, life lessons, life plan, life-changing, living, lonely, love, love hurts, mature, maturity, memories, memory, mess, mess up, miranda lightstone, mom, moments, mood, mother, motherhood, moving on, mum, mummy, new life, new people, new relationship, observation, open, opening up, overcome, pain, parent, parenthood, parenting, partner, past, patience, personal, personal growth, recovery, relationship, relationships, sad, self awareness, self discovery, single, single mom, single mother, single woman, singlemom, singleparent, son, take a moment, take time, time, toddler, truth, Uncategorized, understanding, wife, woman, writer
Tags: adjustment, car ride, emotional, emotions, hurt, life, life lessons, metaphor, Miranda Lightstone, mother, new life, no control, overwhelming, sad, sadness, single, single mom, single mum, solo, spilled milk, spilt milk, woman, writer
To the girl who wasn’t as prepared as she said she was
• April 4, 2016 • 7 CommentsPosted in acceptance, adult, adulthood, affair, aftermath, alone, bad day, boyfriend, broken, can't sleep, chaos, chaotic, cheat, cheater, couple, decisions, depression, disaster, don'tfuckup, emotional, emotions, end, ending, fall in love, feel, feelings, finding yourself, girlfriend, grow up, growing up, grown up, grown-up, happiness, happy, hard decisions, healing, honesty, hurt, I love you, infidelity, journey, lessons learned, life, life lesson, life lessons, life-changing, lonely, love, love hurts, mature, maturity, mess, mess up, miranda lightstone, moments, mood, moving on, new relationship, observation, open, opening up, overcome, pain, partner, past, personal, personal growth, protection, recovery, relationship, relationships, responsibility, sad, self awareness, self discovery, take a moment, truth, Uncategorized, understanding, unfaithful, woman, writer
Tags: affair, be prepared, betrayal, cry, crying, end, grow, growth, hurt, life, life lesson, lost love, love, make mistakes, mess up, Miranda Lightstone, mistakes, move forward, move on, over, personal growth, prepare, relationship
We all break
• February 24, 2016 • 1 CommentPosted in acceptance, adult, adulthood, affair, aftermath, alone, belong, boyfriend, broken, chaos, chaotic, cheat, cheater, couple, decisions, depression, disaster, divorce, don'tfuckup, emotional, emotions, end, ending, failed marriage, fall in love, feel, feelings, finding yourself, functional, girlfriend, grow up, growing up, grown up, grown-up, happiness, happy, hard decisions, healing, honesty, humility, hurt, husband, I love you, infidelity, journalist, journey, lessons learned, life, life lesson, life lessons, life plan, life-changing, living, lonely, love, love hurts, marriage, mature, maturity, memories, memory, mess, mess up, miranda lightstone, moments, mood, moving on, new life, new people, new relationship, observation, obsession, open, opening up, overcome, pain, past, patience, personal, personal growth, recovery, relationship, relationships, responsibility, safe place, self awareness, self discovery, take a moment, take time, talk, time, truth, Uncategorized, unfaithful, woman, writer
Tags: break, broken, change, emotional, emotional break, emotions, falling in love, inner struggle, lesson, life, life lessons, lose, loss, love, loveless, Miranda Lightstone, moving forward, moving on, partner, relationship, struggle, support, the break