Taking a tip from the goal-guru herself, Lara Casey, and creating space for this month to be about the essentials. Compared to past months my tending list for May is brief! This is an intentional reminder for me to hone in on some goals I want to see come to fruition.
Likewise in my own backyard garden, I am beyond excited to transplant my seedlings outdoors, and let that space teach me whatever will come from digging in the dirt in hopes of a harvest. Looking forward to inviting the kids into nurturing these baby plants alongside me.
Here's to (slow) growth.
Revisiting April goals
Hi my names Courtney and I have an addiction to cookie dough. It all started as a kid when my mom let me lick the batter off the beaters and here I am now doing the same with my own kids. We'll chalk it up as part of our family legacy. Pretty solid legacy if you ask me.
My true indicator if a cookie will be good is if the dough is good. And let me tell you how insanely scrumptious this cookie dough is!! Like you'll never guess this dough does not have butter in it. Instead it's made with coconut oil and if I am honest.. it's the bomb.com. I love you butter but you're not needed here. So yes go ahead and trick your mind into thinking these butter-less cookies are a better for you and eat another 3 cookies in one sitting. I am right there with ya. :)
Not a coconut fan? Omit the shredded coconut! Still just as yummy with only a subtle sweet flavor from the coconut oil. And if you are a coconut fan buckle up for you are going to travel in your dreams to a tropical oasis as you bit into these gooey treats.
1.5-2 cups shredded coconut (optional)
Good gravy its almost time to celebrate the women in our lives who are champions of the mundane: our moms. It took becoming a mom to realize this, and every mama's day from here on out I think I will become more appreciative of my mom and the women who show up daily to pour themselves out. Because this job is not for the faint of heart. This job is a daily work of planting seeds in hopes that the ones in our care will know their worth and love the next generation well.
Typically we celebrate by sleeping in (amennnnn), having brunch (egg casserole and cinnamon rolls, please!) and spending some time outdoors visiting our mamas. Fingers crossed the weather is warm so we can be lazy all day lounging on the patio.
Of course it wouldn't be Mother's day without a thoughtful gift or a shower of kind words to show them how much we see them and adore them!
Here's to the mama's! XO
Let's dive in!
The Two Lives of Lydia Bird was nothing short of sad. Um yeah, I really asked myself about 10 times in the beginning of the book "why am I even reading this?!" Pretty funny looking back at it now, but I appreciate the vulnerability of this book. The main character, Lydia, loses the man she's planning on marrying right from the start, and we travel through her grief for the rest of the story. The twist is that she processes her grief through escaping in a certain way that I wont spoil. By the end I felt like a proud sister. Lydia finds meaning to life in a new way and there's some redemption for her in the cheesy way I love reading about in books.
Favorite quotes: "You don't get over losing someone you love in six months or two years or twenty, but you do have to find a way to carry on living without feeling as if everything that comes afterwards is second best."
“Grief is an odd thing. It’s mine and no one can do it for me, but there’s been this whole supporting cast of silent actors around me in the wings.”
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