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Today was a good day. Great coffee, deep conversa Today was a good day. Great coffee, deep conversation with friends, a home cooked meal, time to myself and a walk with this guy at our favorite spot. Going to bed content and happy. And I hope you are too… Curious to hear from you? When are you your happiest? What makes a good day “good” in your eyes.
Last week I asked you to send me all of your quest Last week I asked you to send me all of your questions around being sober curious, promising that I’d do my best to answer them. And today on the blog I’m doing just that. It’s one of my longest blog posts to date, and one of the most meaningful to write. When I fist shared about my experience a few months ago I was shocked by the outpouring of messages from all of you - who have secretly been feeling the same. It was an amazing reminder that deep down, we are all so much more alike than we realize and that by sharing honestly what’s on your heart - we welcome others to do the same. Today’s blog post is in no way advice. Rather just an honest conversion in hopes that maybe it opens up some dialogue in your own home, between your own friends, or maybe just within your own heart. We are ALL on our own journey to create a life we love and feel good about. And you, my friend, are never alone in that journey.
I wrote a blog post today. And I’m struggling t I wrote a blog post today. And I’m struggling to find the words here to describe it. I think I left all my words in my post. I used them all up. So you must go read it. It’s about us. It’s about women and mothers and all of the people who carry around the “invisible load” that I KNOW you know all to well because we talk about it all the time on here. We may not use those words. But it’s there. All the guilt and judgement and expectations about what it means to be a “good mother” or “good woman”. All the unseen worry or planning or doing that happens behind the scenes. And I’m exhausted. And I want better for us and for our kids. So I set my invisible weight down. And I’m giving you permission to do the same. Come join me on this much needed, much overdue, conversation. This is our time, as women, to gift each other this gift of setting down that weight. It’s time. Full blog post (with words more articulate than this) in my bio. Xoxo
As a busy mom, I’m always looking for ways so si As a busy mom, I’m always looking for ways so simplify my life. Especially cutting out any unnecessary running around. The simpler, the better, which is why I love #capsulecares for all of my family’s prescriptions. @capsulecares is the easiest way for me to order, manage and get all of my family’s prescriptions. Giving me one less thing to worry about. Just this week, I used the app to order an epi-pen for Asher as he’s heading off to sleep away camp and it was delivered, for FREE, to my doorstep that very same say. No worrying about it getting lost in the mail or driving to the pharmacy. It took just minutes on the app to order and was on my doorstep within hours. I wish everything could be this simple. #capsulecares #capsulepartner
✨ A very special GIVEAWAY ✨ I’ve been waiti ✨ A very special GIVEAWAY ✨ I’ve been waiting for the perfect moment to share a very special giveaway with all of you - my @phoenixrozenyc star necklace - and today feels like that moment. My small token of gratitude to all of you for being here and making up this beautiful community. I’ve had this necklace for three years and never taken it off. It’s one of the things I get asked the most about on here and has a very special meaning behind it. It was given to me as a gift on the day we moved back home from the east coast. A reminder that anything is possible when we say “yes”. I’m sharing the full story about this necklace over in my stories today. Because this necklace has such a deep meaning to me, I want to share it with one of you. My way of saying “thank you” for showing me what’s possible every day. This community is a living breathing example of what this necklace has represented for me the past three years. And I want to share that feeling now with you.✨ To enter, simply… ⭐️ follow @graceinthecrumbs ⭐️ tag three women in your life who help you see “what’s possible” ⭐️ and share this post in stories for an extra entry. ⭐️ giveaway closes Monday, 7/5 and winner will be announced in stories. Good luck to all of you and just a huge amount of gratitude to each and every one of you for being here, helping me believe in what’s possible and making this space as meaningful and special as it is. I love you all ✨
Kicking my heels up this Monday morning - we have Kicking my heels up this Monday morning - we have counters!! Today was the first morning, in months, the kids and I had breakfast not in the basement and it felt SO GOOD. We’re still waiting on electrical and plumbing - but today this place felt like home ❤️. I could really see and feel all the special moments that are going to be created in this space and I just feel so darn lucky. I’ll share a full kitchen update on the blog soon. But in the meantime, the number one question I keep getting is what material we chose for our counters. We went with marble, and I’m so happy. If I’ve learned anything this year it’s that it’s ok to chose something just because you LOVE it, and not worry about how “practical” it is. If you want something, I say go for it!! Learning to trust my gut, with ALL of it these days. What about you? What’s one decision you’ve made lately because it’s what your heart wanted? Setting aside what’s “practical” and instead trusting your gut and heart…..
This was the last recipe I made before our kitchen This was the last recipe I made before our kitchen remodel began (remember when this was a food blog? 😅) and I’m not gonna lie, I REALLY miss cooking. I can’t wait to get back into our space and start cooking again. For me. For my crew and of course to share with all of YOU. Food is such a huge part of my life and I’m really missing that element of getting my hands dirty and just being in the kitchen creating. It’s funny how certain things can feel like “bad timing” at first. I felt that way about our remodel in the beginning. Worried about how I’d “blog” without a kitchen. And yet, the past few months I’ve made some of my favorite content....with no kitchen. And wonder if some of this remodel actually helped push me out of my comfort zone. Maybe there is no such thing as bad timing....maybe just timing we don’t quite understand yet. Either way, thanks for sticking on this ride with me as I shifted gears a little bit. I’m really excited about this new direction and excited to figure out how to weave the old with the new. But I’m in no rush. With the kitchen. This space. With me. It’s all right on time. And so are you 😉 (Oh, and this salad is pretty ridiculous. Along with the spicy cashew dressing. Link to the recipe in my bio 💚).
Last day of e-learning for this crew🎉 After 15 Last day of e-learning for this crew🎉 After 15 months of everyone being “home”, today we are officially done with e-learning. Our kiddos will all be back in school this fall, so today feels like a huge mix of emotions as we close this chapter. J and I made the decision last year to keep all the kids “home” for the year (for a mix of reasons) and I’d be lying if I didn’t say there were moments I questioned our decision. But at the end of it all, I can honestly say this was one of the best years for our family, and one of the best decisions we made as parents. This morning I woke up feeling really reflective about the year and all the change it brought with it - so I wrote about it. Today on the blog I’m sharing a letter I wrote to my four little ones. “A year at home with you...”. All that I learned, what they learned and just how proud I am of all of them. It’s a little sappy....but after these last 15 months together it feels like the perfect way to close this chapter. And to all the mamas, teachers, & students reading this who are closing out this year....well done. However this year went for you...I’m proud of you and I hope you are too 🤍🤍 You can find the link to the full blog post in my bio.
I’m Katy, and this is my life


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