How many expression can you think of that use the word 'shame'? Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me. Shame, shame, shame, I know your name. Put to shame. Crying shame. Ain't that a shame. Walk of shame. I'm sure there are more. Shame is such a strong piece of our culture it seems these days but a word or feeling I don't hear many actually speaking to. I know it's existed LONG before social media, but I'm going to say that the access to constant comparison of your life against others doesn't help the issue. Shame is such an all encompassing emotion. I know in moments where I have felt or feel shame, I feel like Alice in Wonderland, when she's drank the little potion that shrank her down to teeny tiny. Small, insignificant. It's horrible. And takes me over like a hangover, a while to come out of the fog that leaves me sluggish and uncomfortable in my own skin. So while many people may make New Year's Resolutio
' Life moves pretty fast. If you don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.' -Ferris Bueller It's been just a little while. And by that, I mean it's been over a year. Wow. But I guess that's what happens when life happens. So, I'm finally carving out some time (or times, if I'm being totally honest) to write. It's not for lack of wanting. But you know, priorities. Just a few things pull my time here and there these days. Work, husband, fur kids, human kid, friends, family... the list goes on. Let me give you the down and dirty on what's been happening. January 2016, in a visit to Patrick in Aspen, Colorado, we got stuck on a mountain pass. Literally. We had to get mountain rescued off. This is one of those stories that is SO good in person to tell, and quite frankly, where people often think I'm making shit up because it's that crazy. That same visit, we eloped! We knew we wanted to get married. Y