Honesty Hours
Every so often I share my feelings & opinions on a topic in a series called "Honesty Hour". You can find all of those posts here.
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Honesty Hour: Current State of Affairs
My whole goal with these honesty hours & my blog in general is to be real & share the current state of my life. To bring real life–the good, bad, and ugly–to the Internet. I feel like it can really be a highlight reel and there’s nothing necessarily wrong with that. At times it can be refreshing, inspiring and pretty to look at, but I think so often we can forget that it is a highlight reel. So I wanted to pull back the curtain in some ways and just be honest with the things that I share. To share the pretty parts but also share some of the behind…
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Honesty Hour: (Home) For the Holidays
This is supposed to be an Honesty Hour all about Christmas & the New Year & being home for the holidays. But I’ll be honest and say that the only words I have for this blog post as I’m typing it is “Merry Christmas & Happy New Year”. That’s it. All I’ve got. And this blog post goes live in less than 48 hours. Yikes. Holiday Celebrations Back when this pandemic started, I (and a lot of others I’m sure), thought it’d be over by the holidays. Life would go back to “normal”. We’d celebrate the holidays how we always have, a.k.a. with our families. But here we are. Still…
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Honesty Hour: Practicing Gratitude
The season of thankfulness & gratitude is upon us. And by upon us, I mean it’s here. For a lot of people at this time of year, they are truly grateful and have no problem practicing gratitude. It’s just part of this season & this month as we celebrate Thanksgiving. I can see that this year may have been much harder to practice gratitude than normal. No one is going to argue that it’s been…rough. Thanksgiving celebrations may not look normal for you which may also be hampering your ability to be grateful. So, in honor of this being the season of gratitude & it possibly being more difficult than…
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Honesty Hour: It’s Time to Let Go
I read this quote recently by Rupi Kaur that says, “you have to stopsearching for why at some pointyou have to leave it alone” There are so many things in my life that has happened over the last few months and up to a year or so, even longer than that, where I just want to know why. I want to understand. I want to understand why something happened or didn’t happen. I’m very much an “I need an answer” person. Philosophy never had a shot at being my major in college. I often think in black and white about things and am having to work on noticing when I…
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Honesty Hour: Closing a Chapter
Disclaimer: I wrote Honesty Hour: Closing a Chapter about 5 months ago but I’m just finally sharing it now. Sometimes you write things but it doesn’t feel like the right time to share it. Tomorrow marks the one year anniversary of my grandmother’s passing & we’re about to sell the house. Today feels like the right time to share it with y’all… Honesty Hour: My family has spent the majority of the last six months emptying out my Grandpa & Grandma’s house after my Grandma’s death last summer. It took 5 of us 5 hours to not even fully clean out the kitchen. We have spent days working in…
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Honesty Hour: And Here We Are…
I went to Target the other day. (Don’t judge me, it was for necessities.) It was weird being out among other people because that’s where things are at now: I feel odd being around people I don’t live with & am not related to. Most people had on masks which was weird to see even if it is the socially responsible thing to do. It’s hard. It’s hard to see that. It’s hard to see parking lots that are usually packed be completely empty. It’s hard to know what the world is going through. It’s hard to know that it hasn’t reached its worst in Georgia. It’s hard to imagine…
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Honesty Hour: Feelings
My aunt shared something with me a few months ago and she started it with “This is ridiculous but I just feel…” and let me be the one to tell you this: Whatever you’re feeling, it’s not ridiculous. Your feelings matter and they are valid regardless of whatever situation you’re going through. And they’re valid because you’re you and whatever you’re going through is real. No matter what situation you’re facing: happy, sad, or mad, let yourself feel whatever the feeling is. You have permission to feel your feelings. Last summer, right before my grandmother died, during that weird stretch of time where you’re just waiting on that phone call,…
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Honesty Hour: Holidays, Traditions, & Loss
Honesty Hour: This has been the most difficult holiday season. I’ve lost 3 grandparents in 4 years. I have officially lost a whole set of grandparents. I’ve experienced 3 holiday seasons fresh off the loss of a grandparent, but this one was the worst. It was full of changes (which I am notorious for not being good at). It was about shifting traditions & making the most of it. I am a lover of tradition & the last 4 years (5 if you include the year my cousin got married) those traditions have fallen away completely or have shifted. This year, instead of solely focusing on (& being bummed over)…
