Archive for the 'safe place' 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
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
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
The Sobbing Tree
• January 30, 2016 • 1 CommentPosted in acceptance, adult, adulthood, adventure, affair, aftermath, alone, bad day, bc, belong, boyfriend, british columbia, career, careermom, chaos, chaotic, cheat, cheater, child, coming home, couple, decisions, depression, disaster, divorce, don'tfuckup, emotional, emotions, end, ending, exploration, explore, failed marriage, fall in love, family, family history, feel, feelings, finding home, finding yourself, functional, girlfriend, grow up, growing up, grown up, grown-up, happiness, happy, hard decisions, healing, history, home, 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, mountains, 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, plan, recovery, relationship, relationships, responsibility, running, sad, safe place, self awareness, self discovery, single, single mom, single mother, single woman, singlemom, singleparent, son, squamish, take a moment, take time, talk, time, travel, travelling, truth, Uncategorized, understanding, unfaithful, voyage, walls, west, west coast, where you're from, wife, woman, writer
Tags: adult, adulthood, adulting, bc, breakdown, british columbia, career, change, coming home, divorce, emotions, forest, growth, hate, I love you, journalist, love, lover, Miranda Lightstone, mother, new job, parenting, personal growth, problems, run, runner, running, self-aware, self-discovery, single mom, thoughts, tree, vancouver, west coast, writer
Wishing you much happiness (and sadness) in 2016
• December 31, 2015 • Leave a CommentPosted in adult, adulthood, adventure, aftermath, bc, belong, boyfriend, british columbia, career, child, coming home, conversation, couple, decisions, depression, don'tfuckup, emotional, emotions, exploration, explore, fall in love, family, family history, feel, feelings, finding home, finding yourself, girlfriend, grow up, growing up, grown up, grown-up, happiness, happy, hard decisions, home, honesty, I love you, infidelity, journalist, journey, lessons learned, life, life lesson, life lessons, life plan, life-changing, living, love, mature, maturity, memories, memory, miranda lightstone, mom, moments, mood, mother, motherhood, mountains, moving on, mum, mummy, new life, new people, new relationship, new year, new years eve, nye, parent, parenthood, parenting, partner, past, personal growth, recovery, relationship, relationships, responsibility, safe place, self awareness, self discovery, single mother, singlemom, singleparent, take a moment, take time, time, toddler, Uncategorized, understanding, voyage, west, west coast, where you're from, woman, writer
Tags: Miranda Lightstone, move forward, new beginnings, new love, nye2015, remember, well being, where you're from
Trauma together is like travelling together
• November 24, 2015 • 1 CommentPosted in adult, adulthood, adventure, aftermath, alone, bad day, boyfriend, can't sleep, chaos, chaotic, coming home, couple, decisions, disaster, don'tfuckup, emotional, emotions, fall in love, family, feel, feelings, finding yourself, girlfriend, grow up, growing up, grown up, grown-up, happiness, happy, hard decisions, healing, health, honesty, humility, hurt, I love you, insomnia, journalist, journey, lessons learned, life, life lesson, life lessons, life-changing, living, love, love hurts, mature, maturity, mess, mess up, miranda lightstone, moments, mood, mum, new people, new relationship, overcome, pain, parent, parenthood, parenting, partner, past, personal, personal growth, protection, recovery, relationship, relationships, responsibility, sad, safe place, self awareness, self discovery, sleep, sleep deprivation, sleepless, surgery, take a moment, take time, talk, time, travel, travelling, truth, understanding, woman, writer
Tags: accident, boyfriend, cry, emergency, emotional, emotions, er, experience, history, hospital, life, life lessons, Miranda Lightstone, new relationship, pain, past, relationship, support, trauma, travel, travelling
When you know you’re home
• April 25, 2015 • Leave a CommentPosted in acceptance, adventure, bc, belong, british columbia, coming home, family, family history, finding home, finding yourself, growing up, history, home, journey, mountains, safe place, squamish, travel, voyage, west, west coast, where you're from
Tags: acceptance, adventure, british columbia, canada, canadian, coming home, discover, discovery, family, finding yourself, growingup, home, journey, mountains, nature, outdoors, relax, relaxation, squamish, travel, traveler, traveller, trip, vacation, west coast