Category: JOURNAL
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Momming and Chasing the Dreams
Below is the essay I wrote about myself for an article to be published in the Akron Beacon Journal. One of their editors will extract my words and write an article about me as the weekly feature chef at @nohipopup. I don’t know what it will looks like then. But since I poured my heart into […]
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You Do You! | Pandemic Moment.
So that quick stop for Ice Cream was a bit overwhelming. I thought it was strange and since we are keeping things real around here I wanted to share. The walk to the ice cream was fine. Ice cream was great. But this was the first time I sat down anywhere with the kids and […]
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Multicultural Crayons
A few weeks ago when Ben drew a picture of himself for my mom, he told me he couldn’t find the right color to color his face. I handed him the nude color pencil, something I have always used to color faces. He complete the picture and he was happy with it. Fast forward to […]
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14 Days Meditation Challenge
I signed up for a 14-day meditation challenge with Strong Mom Strong Fam Group, lead by Lauren Bay Regula of Trak Athletics in Akron, OH. The challenge starts today and I thought I would keep a journal of this challenge as I am hoping to make meditation a new habit. Day 1 | Friday, March […]
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Stay Home Order…
I didn’t sleep well last night and woke up with a lot on my mind today. It’s been almost two weeks of keeping busy and adjusting to the new normal and I think the reality is finally setting in. I sat at my desk to write a VIP to do list and finally broke down.So […]
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Mom Guilt.
I am guilty of telling my children “you can’t do this yet”, “maybe when you are a bit older”, “next time”… Well this morning kids wanted to make a card for their uncle, so we did. And as I was spelling h-a-p-p-y b-i-r-t-h-d-a-y for Ben, Kate was following and wrote both words on her own. […]
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Visited Cities
I keep track of places we have been to by sending a postcard to myself on the last day of every trip. My kids started to do the same this past year and they loved getting the postcards in the mail! Below are the travel resources I love and have been using and places we […]
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