Tag: love
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Love Matters
I am in the throes of emotional fatigue. The onslaught of horrific news, work stress, and some other triggers are just piling up and, try as I might, I can’t seem to do much but keep my head just above water from it all. Outside of the news bombarding everyone, I know that eventually things…
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6 weeks post op!
Tomorrow is 6 weeks post hysterectomy!! With the exception of heavier than normal lifting (no full washing baskets etc!) I am pretty much doing exactly what I could before my op with no pain and loving every minute of it. Tomorrow I also go back to work. I had a lot of holiday to take…
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5, 10, 15…
This week marked 15 years since I met Mr Oceanchica (Oceanchico? 🙂 ) 15 years! That’s a couple of years short of half my whole life… This week also marked our 10 year wedding anniversary. I am pretty darn happy and feel really blessed to be with someone I share everything with and who never…
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Teaching and Learning: Patience
It’s important to take a step back sometimes. Back in January we booked a holiday for March, having not gone away since June last year it was much needed and we were both desperate for some time away to rest and relax somewhere warm after a stressful winter at work for both of us. Between…
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Ways to Love Yourself: The Physical
Physically challenging acts make me feel really proud: Being able to run longer or faster than I have before. Doing more of an Insanity workout and pushing myself harder. Holding plank longer than I have before. Doing more push ups than I could previously. Using heavier weights that I couldn’t use before. Seeing and feeling…
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Teaching and Learning: Ways to love yourself
Life is about learning about yourself, others, the world, everything and anything you can. You learn and, if you’re lucky, you teach others what you’ve learned along the way. There are so many “standards” that we are taught by society which do no good. As a society we should act, look, and do things a…
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Another You (or rather, Another Me)
I have had the best weekend in a very long time and it’s only Saturday. I arrived home today around 6pm after my adventures away last night and Hubby kept commenting on how social I’ve become and how I’d never have done these things 5 or 10 years ago. I corrected him and said not…