Finding the balance in the unbalanced
Here I am, a 44 year old mom of 2. Divorced for 10 years now, happily dating, figuring out who I am a little bit more each day between the commitments, fatigue, constant demands of full time employement, home ownership, and mom duties. It's a beautiful messy wonderful life and I'm a big fan of finding the joy and beauty in those small moments. I also pack in about as much activity as it feels humanly possible into pretty much every 24 hours. And somewhere in there I am trying to take care of myself, my health - physical and mental - and be a good example to my young daughter, and provide healthy food and good meals for my disabled son who lives with us as well. There's a lot of mental juggling that goes on in the day to day - calendars, schedules, who needs to be where and for what, constantly cleaning up from one mess to the next, laundry, vacuuming, wiping down counters over and over, the grocery shopping, and preparing all the food that goes with fueling our bodies as ...