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Thanks to Brentwood Home for giving us the gift of good sleep. All opinions expressed are my own. It’s fall, y’all! I can’t believe it’s already been four months since we…
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Settling in at our new house Decorating our new house is coming together nicely. Our home is twice as big as our old place so we’ve been buying a bunch of…
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This post is sponsored by Grund America, and all opinions expressed are my own. Essential home products Now that we’ve been in our new house for a few weeks, it’s starting…
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Home Sweet Home We’ve just been on the road for two weeks and as much as I love road trips, it feels good to be home. I’ve been looking forward…
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This post is sponsored by Zynga, but the content and opinions expressed here are my own. This summer has been busy for us. We moved to our first home, traveled the…
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This post was sponsored by GOJO, the makers of PURELL® products, and all opinions expressed in my post are my own. Can you believe it’s already time to prepare for back-to-school?…
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This post was sponsored by NABISCO as part of an Influencer Activation for Influence Central and all opinions expressed in my post are my own. During the summer we like to…
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Thank you Mardi Gras Napkins for sponsoring this post. Visit your local retailer to get the conversation going in your home too. There’s one moment I look forward to everyday: mealtime!…
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Texas summers When I moved to Texas, I really fell in love with the weather. But when I’d tell a local about my love for the warm weather in October, they’d…
![I attempted one of these split face photos. I wasn’t going to post it because it’s not perfect. Our eyes don’t line up and you can see my bruised nose, and my grey hair.... but this is us! :)
In my book, All Across The Spectrum, I talk about Charlie a lot but also about myself as a mother and as someone who was diagnosed with high functioning autism in adulthood. Here’s another short excerpt:
My friendships always seem to wither, no matter how hard I try. I can’t help but wonder why life keeps throwing people at me who are not meant to stay. I wonder if it’s even worth investing in relationships if they’re all meant to expire.
Is the temporary happiness worth the pain? Shouldn’t we walk away before we inevitably suffer? Or maybe relationships just aren’t meant to last. Maybe there’s beauty in the momentary nature of it. Maybe life puts people in our path simply for the lessons they teach us and inspire us to change, to better ourselves, and to not commit the same mistakes again.
I spend time agonizing over the “what if”. What if I had opened up more? What if I had sent that text I held back from sending for fear of appearing too much, too emotional, too… me? What if… So, I try and I fight for my relationships. I fight for the ones who spark something inside of me. It’s terrifying because I know how much the fall hurts if it fails, but I do it. I remind myself I’ve been there before and even though it hurt, I got through it. I always have, and I always will. [Link to order in bio]](http://scontent-frx5-1.cdninstagram.com/vp/ee37eb8f60dc750362e7e8d23025b3ee/5D35822B/t51.2885-15/e35/c0.72.797.797/s320x320/55899990_131084608004981_4337371654467809234_n.jpg?_nc_ht=scontent-frx5-1.cdninstagram.com "I attempted one of these split face photos. I wasn’t going to post it because it’s not perfect. Our eyes don’t line up and you can see my bruised nose, and my grey hair.... but this is us! :)
In my book, All Across The Spectrum, I talk about Charlie a lot but also about myself as a mother and as someone who was diagnosed with high functioning autism in adulthood. Here’s another short excerpt:
My friendships always seem to wither, no matter how hard I try. I can’t help but wonder why life keeps throwing people at me who are not meant to stay. I wonder if it’s even worth investing in relationships if they’re all meant to expire.
Is the temporary happiness worth the pain? Shouldn’t we walk away before we inevitably suffer? Or maybe relationships just aren’t meant to last. Maybe there’s beauty in the momentary nature of it. Maybe life puts people in our path simply for the lessons they teach us and inspire us to change, to better ourselves, and to not commit the same mistakes again.
I spend time agonizing over the “what if”. What if I had opened up more? What if I had sent that text I held back from sending for fear of appearing too much, too emotional, too… me? What if… So, I try and I fight for my relationships. I fight for the ones who spark something inside of me. It’s terrifying because I know how much the fall hurts if it fails, but I do it. I remind myself I’ve been there before and even though it hurt, I got through it. I always have, and I always will. [Link to order in bio]")