Early May 2022

April was all about vacation - our first family vacation in 4 years although we have been living in Hawaii so don’t feel too bad for us!

May is about getting our family (and myself) back to some semblance of routine with a house sold, my husband back living with us, kids truly starting to settle into school and the community, me working less and not having to do everything on my own any longer. This past year has been good and we’re coming out of it stronger than ever but gosh, what a lot of chaos our lives have been - we’ve lived in 3 different places (1 overseas), kids have been in 2 different schools, we’ve lived apart and traveled every weekend so the family can be together, we’ve had all sorts of weird expenses, we’ve been borrowing a car (thank you Mom and Dad!) and the list goes on.

It’ll probably all make a good story someday haha.

And I have managed to get some writing done and also been really shifting my mindset about what I want to do writing-wise and what’s possible, which is exciting.

AND - this week is the first of three writing retreats my husband is gifting me over the next 3 months. Since the kids were born 10 years ago I have had 2 days TOTAL away to write. Right now I’m looking at 5 in a row- with more coming in June and July. So grateful and soooo excited.

Can’t wait to share my progress at the end of the week!

XO