Firsts
• August 30, 2017 • 1 CommentPosted in adult, adulthood, careermom, child, decisions, emotional, emotions, family, feel, feelings, first day, happiness, happy, journey, kindergarten, lessons learned, life, life lesson, life lessons, life plan, life-changing, love, memories, memory, miranda lightstone, mom, mom blog, momblog, moments, mommy blog, mother, motherhood, mum, mummy, new life, new people, organization, organized, parent, parenthood, parenting, patience, personal, personal growth, school, self awareness, self discovery, single mom, single mother, single woman, singlemom, singleparent, son, truth, Uncategorized, understanding, unicorn, woman, writer
Tags: evolution, evolve, first car, first day, first day of school, first job, first kiss, first time, firsts, grow, growth, kindergarten, learn, lessons, life, life lesson, Miranda Lightstone, mistake, mom, mom blog, momblog, mommy blog, mother, parent, parenthood, progress, school, single mom, single mother, single mum
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
Tiers of Loneliness
• July 21, 2016 • Leave a CommentPosted in acceptance, adult, adulthood, adventure, alone, bad day, boyfriend, broken, can't sleep, couple, depression, emotional, emotions, 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, insomnia, journalist, journey, lessons learned, life, life lesson, life lessons, life plan, life-changing, living, lonely, love, love hurts, mature, maturity, memories, memory, miranda lightstone, moments, mood, moving on, new life, new relationship, observation, open, opening up, pain, partner, past, patience, personal, personal growth, relationship, relationships, sad, self awareness, self discovery, take a moment, take time, talk, time, travel, travelling, truth, Uncategorized, understanding, woman, writer
Tags: absence, absent, alone, boyfriend, comfort, girlfriend, growing, growth, heart, ldr, life, life lessons, loneliness, lonely, long disance, love, lover, Miranda Lightstone, mother, only child, partner, relationship, single, solitude, solo, 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
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
Good Luck and Don’t F*ck It Up
• November 8, 2015 • 2 CommentsPosted in acceptance, adult, adulthood, boyfriend, conversation, don'tfuckup, emotions, girlfriend, life, life lessons, mess up, new people, new relationship, observation, relationship, self awareness, self discovery, singlemom, singleparent, talk
Tags: adult, adulthood, auto journalist, boyfriend, conversation, dating, drinks, girlfriend, journalist, learn, life, life lesson, life lessons, meet, meeting, mom, mother, new people, observation, outing, pickup, rbf, relationship, resting bitch face, saturday night, single mom, single mother, single parent, social, stranger, subaru, talk, talking
The Cone of Shame
• March 28, 2015 • Leave a CommentPosted in cat, catlady, cone, cone of shame, healing, kitten, life, motherhood, moving on, parent, parenting, pet, recovery, relationship, single, single woman, surgery, woman
Tags: affection, cat, cone, desire, emotion, heal, healing, health, kitten, life, love, mother, motherhood, need, parent, pets, relationship, single mom, surgery, woman
Your Own Space
• March 5, 2015 • 3 CommentsPosted in alone, careermom, condo, first place, life, life lessons, life-changing, living, mom, mother, parent, single, singlemom, singleparent
Tags: adult, alone, condo, condo life, first place, grown up, live, living alone, mom, mother, moving out, parent, parenting, responsibilities, single mom, single woman, woman
What my 3-year-old has taught me, so far
• February 10, 2015 • 3 CommentsPosted in child, honesty, humility, lessons learned, life lessons, mom, mother, motherhood, mum, mummy, parent, parenthood, patience, personal growth, single mother, son, toddler
Tags: 3-year-old, answers, child, divorced, honesty, humility, learn, learned, lessons, life lessons, mom, mommy, mother, motherhood, mum, mummy, parenthood, parenting, questions, single mom, smart, son, things I've learned, toddler, why