Today’s post is going to be something different for me. I’ve never really shared my full feelings or story of loss and grieving. I’ve become a big fan of the show This is Us and it’s almost like the writers stole scenes from my own life. As most of the world knows, Sunday’s episode finally gave us the answers to Jacks death. Take away the fire scene and you have flashbacks of my father's death 21 years ago. I could barely make it through the episode. I had to pause it more than once because I was feeling all of the emotions. I felt panic, sadness, anger, and confusion. Here is my “This is Us” story. January 18, 1997, I went to bed so excited because the next day was my 10th birthday and all my friends were coming over for my party. I woke up to the sound of my mom on the phone with someone which was unusual for that time of night. Then people started to show up and it was confusing. All I remember is my un...
Hey everyone! I can’t believe it’s already Back to school season! Molly still has over a month before she goes back but I know some parts of the country go back really soon and some have already started. I figured I would do some back to school posts and videos on the products I love. As you may know, I really love to get creative when making Molly’s lunches so I'm starting off with a lunch post! Today I am telling you all my thoughts on YumBox. We were lucky enough to have two Yumboxes sent to us from Motts to celebrate their new Motts sensible juice (which are delish!!). They were so kind and sent one for each of my kiddos and personalized them. So a big thank you to Motts!! I make lots of lunch videos and Instagram posts but I also check out other moms posts and I’ve always wanted to get a Yumbox based on the reviews. I was so happy when we got them and immediately used it for Molly lunch. I absolutely l...