I don’t know about you, but the busier I get the harder it gets for me to eat healthy or eat at all – which is why I began meal prepping last year. The Wendy’s 4 for $4 is so tempting, but when I’ve taken two or more hours out of Sunday Funday to meal […]
Month: March 2016
gemsounds: your new favorite BFFs
Women’s History Month is coming to an end, but let’s be honest–every month is ours. In the past, I’ve highlighted some of my favorite woman bloggers from Quirky Brown Love’s “Awesome Bloggers” list. This time I want you to get know (and more than likely fall in love with) 2 of my hometown sheroes. Camela Guevara […]
Gratitude, always. Always, gratitude.
” … it’s all kind of amazing—what we get to do, what we get to attempt, what we sometimes get to commune with. Gratitude always. Always, gratitude.” Elizabeth Gilbert, Big Magic I decided to share my gratitude journal before listening to Oprah’s “What I Know for Sure” and Elizabeth Gilbert’s “Big Magic” on Audible. Bare with […]
Feminism is Not A Dirty Word
Last week I was in Kroger and saw an older woman struggling to grab an item from one of the higher shelves so I go over and assist her. She thanks me and tells me she’s probably been in the aisle for over 15 minutes and no one offered to help. She says something like […]
When Bless Your Heart Isn’t Enough
You may have heard about the tweet from South Carolina Govenor Nikki Haley to someone (a name I refuse to type in this post), after being called an embarrassment to her state. She hit him with the good ol’ fashion, “Bless your heart“. If you’re from the south like The Palmetto Peaches, you know “Bless your […]
