Unfolding Dreams

Photo by Alexandra Fuller on Unsplash D uring my separation, I have found a renewed love for reading. It had been so long since I had read a book for pleasure. In my days of being a wife, stay-at-home mom, and college student, I can recall reading some. The books that come to mind are the Hunger Games Trilogy by Suzanne Collins (3 books), Divergent Trilogy by Veronica Roth (3 books), the Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling (7 books), Twilight Saga by Stephanie Meyer (4 books), The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner by Stephanie Meyer, and The Host by Stephanie Meyer. There may be a few others that I am missing. But I can count in the years before my second separation (11.5 years of marriage, 12 years together) that I only read 19 or so books in 12 years! For an avid reader, those numbers are low. Now that I am a separated mom, I find I need to keep myself busy as I am waiting on the Lord. I can’t say being a single parent primarily taking care of my children, working full time, and go...

Photo by  Mustafa Omar  on  Unsplash   Old Wives Tales for Pregnancy: “Morning sickness means you’re having a girl .” Pregnancy Number Pregnancy Type Morning Sickness Baby’s Sex 1 Singleton Nausea + Vomiting Girl 2 Singleton Nausea Boy 3 Singleton Nausea Boy                                                   I had morning sickness in all my pregnancies in the form of nausea and queasiness during the first trimester. However, my “girl” pregnancy is the only pregnancy where I had nausea and vomiting. It also lasted about 15-16 weeks of pregnancy. I began to feel some normalcy and could e...

  Photo by David Lezcano on Unsplash      O ne of my self-care goals as an educator during my spring break is to do some reading for pleasure. Not just reading for teaching, district training, homework for my certification program, or studying for state exams, which I will also be doing.        Heather Renee’s novel, “Dark Fae Unrivaled” has been a fast pace, emotional read. Here is a quote from the novel I am reading that resonated with me and moved Heather Renee to one of my top authors:        “Somewhere along the way, I’d forgotten who I was. Forgotten the woman inside of me that I needed to love first before anything else. She was scarred, but she was worthy…Fear would not dictate my happiness” (Kindle Edition: The Complete Series, 477).        PS: This is not a sponsored post. I will let you know if I have one. This is based on my opinion while reading the novel and my experience of readin...