The summertime sadness was too real this season. But here I figuratively stand. Somehow still hopeful and finding ways to thrive in spite of the daily, distracting, heavy pounding reality of well... Everything that has or hasn't happened so far throughout this year, 2020. I found myself reverting ...
Mixed In America: Loving Day
Today Is Loving Day. An annual celebration held on June 12, the anniversary of the 1967 U.S. Supreme Court decision Loving v. Virginia which struck down all state anti-miscegenation laws (legal laws that banned interracial marriage and intercourse) remaining in sixteen U.S. ...
Self Portrait Sunday :: Barber Wife
We have officially entered the 2 month mark of "stay at home orders" for Virginia. But while most of the state is embarking on Phase 1 of re-opening up as of last Friday, the Northern Virginia area is delayed until May 28th since it's much more densely populated. I mentioned in this post, that for ...
Blate @ Beetlecat, Atlanta
Blate (n.) a social appointment or engagement with bloggers. (not an official Webster's Dictionary term but I feel like the general blogworld would be in consensus with the definition above) Since I started blogging *counts years on fingers* EIGHT years ago (wow, time has flown), I’ve been ...
Portraits :: My Mommy Ma & Mom-In-Law
One thing I don't take for granted and am truly thankful for is the fact that my Mommy Ma (Tha, above right), and Mom-in -Law (Nellie, above left) get along. Every time I think of their friendship, it takes me back to that one time we flew Charles's Mom to Chicago 5 years ago to surprise my Mom ...
Bike Tour of Atlanta
Continuing where I left off with recapping our trip to Atlanta last year... Today, I'm recapping our second day exploring this city. Even though we were technically in the ATL to celebrate my birthday, I booked us a bike tour of Atlanta for Charles. Our Euro honeymoon circa 2014, where we ...
Little Happenings :: April
A monthly homage to the little happenings in life. This was April in photos and links. Hearted Phone Pics <3 ^^ Shadow Play... One blessing in disguise with working from home these past six weeks has been reclaiming my time with golden hour in our home. Typically between 6-7:30pm, I ...
Self Portrait Sunday :: Spa Day At Home
A few realizations made while executing our spa day at home and this self portrait session last weekend... 1) Natural sugar scrubs are nice. But, for the person who is scrubbing your naked body, make sure they're aware of your hand pressure preference. Too much pressure will make it feel ...
The Georgia Aquarium, Atlanta
Last year (2019), Charles and I went on a total of four trips and I didn't post anything about them. Liiiiike, nada. My motto for blogging and social media is "live first, post later" and so here I am... One whole year later. Publishing the first of many posts to come about our belated travels while ...
Celebrating My 33rd Birthday In Quarantine
Truth be told, I was feeling pretty "blah" as my birthday weekend approached last week. With so much going on in the world as result of Covid-19, it didn't feel right to go out of my way to celebrate myself... I was super good with not making a big deal about turning 33. The only plan I had for ...
On Protecting My Peace Of Mind
When 2020 (which I had affirmed would be "my year to thrive") hit us all with a strong plot twist called COVID-19, I found myself reverting back to my coping mechanism when overwhelmed = shutting down and hiding within myself. I'm a big picture thinker and sometimes the big picture can be ...
My Favorite Armpit
Here's to the predawn mornings, when I naturally wake before my alarm. No point in going back to sleep, surrounded by his snores and early bird charm. I could roll over and spoon or get up and start the day. The jingle I went to bed to, in my mind it starts to play. My Posse's on ...