To our child, today we celebrate you. Carrying you for nine months and pushing you out into the world gave me the greatest exhaustion I’ve ever known. Little did I know that it is only a speck on what this whole parenthood act will entail. Yes, today, we celebrate you as you turn another year older. But today, we also celebrate ourselves because as we celebrate your fourth birthday, we also celebrate our fourth anniversary on becoming ... Read the Post...
Reminders of Him by Colleen Hoover
Okay. Okayyyy. I just needed a hot minute to process all of that in but wow, let me tell you that this is another top tier Coho creation. I kid you not. My pile of balled up tissue paper soaked with tears is not kidding either. How in the world can someone wreck you then heal you with just words is beyond me and Colleen Hoover has done it to me. Repeatedly. Reminders of Him now resides on my list of favorite CoHo ... Read the Post...
Motherhood Etcetera
I’ve always wanted to be a mother. Even when I was young, I knew that it would be a role that I would embrace with my whole being. I must have known subconsciously that it would be something I would take seriously given the time I devoted to my childhood dolls. But I became one quite late in my life (late by society’s standards I guess). My OB even joked that I'm already a late primi (primigravida, first time to be pregnant) when I had my first ... Read the Post...
Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo
**Some parts of this review have been lifted from my original review way back 2016 and incorporated with thoughts from my recent 2021 re-read. the yeses There is no denying Leigh’s talent. She is beyond good and I can see why so many readers got lost in the world/s she has created. This woman has created an entirely different universe, far beyond the scope of my imagination. It’s a dark and intriguing place. AND. I. WAS. HOOKED. ALINA ... Read the Post...
Run For Wishes Virtual Run 2021
WHO DO YOU RUN FOR? The quick and easy answer my 20-year-old self would have given was …. “myself.” There was a time in my 20s when I used to run a lot for the mental and emotional benefits I derive from it. Running has always been cathartic to me. Aside from it being cheap therapy (you only need a trusty pair of running shoes, no equipment needed), to me, it became more of a mental and emotional exercise than a physical one. Unapologetically, ... Read the Post...
