Your Nautical and Coffee Obsessed Best Friend: From Travel to Fashion and Everything in between
"Be strong, be fearless, be beautiful. And believe that anything is possible when you have the right people there to support you." ~Misty Copeland Medical Science is cray-cray When life gets crazy I write. It is and always has been my coping mechanism. My more healthy coping mechanism I might add, because I have had [...]
"Christmas, my child, is love in action. Every time we love, every time we give, it's Christmas." ~ Dale Evans 'Tis The Season Merry Christmas everyone! For those who celebrate, I hope it is a day of joy, celebration and love. And for those who don't, may you still have an amazing and joyful day [...]
"One of my favorite things is to have a three-hour conversation over coffee with someone." ~ Andy Grammer Peppermint White Mochas It has been a hot minute (or month) since I did an If We Were Having Coffee post and it is high time I did an update. I write this from the snowy White Mountains [...]
“The next five months are grim ones. I always feel sorry to have the summertime change, with the dark evenings closing in mid-afternoon, and will try to lay in some physical comforts these months – the best insurance against gloominess for me.” ~ Sylvia Plath Summer where did you go? How is it September already? [...]
Trigger Warning: This post talks about mental illness, suicide, and eating disorders. "Today I choose life. Every morning when I wake up I can choose joy, happiness, negativity, pain... To feel the freedom that comes from being able to continue to make mistakes and choices - today I choose to feel life, not to deny my [...]
"I believe much of the pain of a breakup comes from having a life plan that you have fallen in love with. When it does not work out, you become angry that you now have to pursue a new life plan." ~ Karen Salmansohn Break-ups Don't Need to Be "Bad" "He is an asshole." "His [...]
"The most important thing in the world is family and love." ~ John Wooden Delays and Anxiety Last week I headed home and as you read here, travel was a nightmare, but Delta legit wooed me, letting me wait in the Sky Lounge, security was a breeze, and of course PEET'S! (Seriously they need to [...]
"Christmas isn't a season. It's a feeling." ~ Edna Ferber I am long over due for another Friday Favorites. With the Holiday season in full swing, there are a LOT of favorite things! 'Tis the season! While I usually try to keep it to five, I in good conscious just could NOT do that this [...]
"True love stories never have endings." ~ Richard Bach Symbolism Locks are symbolic for many reasons. They are solid, all but impermeable without a key. You have to make a concerted effort to break a lock, and even then it isn't easy unless you have something like bolt cutters. And who walks around with those? [...]
"It has been said that time heals all wounds. I don't agree. The wounds remain. Time - the mind, protecting its sanity - covers them with some scar tissue and the pain lessens, but it is never gone." ~ Rose Kennedy "They" They say with time it gets easier. I am not sure who "they [...]