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Part of Surviving MOMShift is focusing on our health and fitness. . This is where I start Every. Single. Time. I need to figure out what’s wrong with my attitude or mood. . It’s usually bc I’m not working out. And I’m being grumpy bc my food is crap... 🤷🏼♀️ . There’s so much to talk and share about health and fitness and some like to follow for particularly that reason so I have another IG @MOMShift.Health that I want you to go follow for inspiration, workouts, recipes, tips and more! . Look I am NOT a fitness guru. I’m just a Mom trying to lose my 40lbs (again) and find an ab by the time I’m 40! . Sharing about health and fitness has always been a passion of mine! I hope I can inspire you! . So tell me, Do you like working out? . . . . . #fitmama #tryingtofindanab #mamafitness #healthymom #momspirations #fitby40 #momblogger #MOMShiftHealth #momshift #SurvivingMOMShift
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Finding time to get any blog work done is hard during Summer. It’s only day 2 of summer and my schedule that I planned isn’t going the way I wanted. Go figure! 😂🤦🏼♀️ . My kids keep asking to go play with friends constantly and apparently now a days we have to text other parents to be sure it’s ok that if our kids end up at their house and part of me doesn’t want to inconvenience them so my kids get stuck inside....asking me 700 questions and eating me out of house and home! ⠀ . I’m ready to re-evaluate this schedule thing, fit in friend time and outings and move stuff around so I can get some bulk writing in! . What do you do in Summer when your kids want to play with friends? Do you just send them outside or do you text parents first? . . . . #parentingrules #summerwithkids #timemanagement #whatschedule #blogger #blogtimemanagement #momblogger #momspiration #momshift #survivingmomshift⠀
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Aftermath of the last day of school water fight! 💦 . We started a tradition with our neighbors last year and when the kids get off the bus we have HUNDREDS of water balloons and water guns and buckets of water waiting to blast them!! . It’s so fun and I actually feel like a kid again! . Most times we are so wrapped up in being “Mom” that we forget what fun is. . Yeah, it was work to set it up and especially to clean it, but the smiles are always worth it...especially the one on Mama’s face! . I’m sure our kids don’t see us smile as much as they should. . Let’s have a little fun this summer! Even if it’s a little work and we are tired and we seriously “just don’t feel like it”...do it anyway! We will all be happier for it! . . . . #schoolsoutforsummer #summerfun #beakidagain #momspirations #smileagain⠀ #waterballoonfight #schooltraditions #happymomhappykids #momshift #survivingmomshift
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Life is not perfect. All in the same week...my husband hit a deer in his car 🦌 , our sprinkler system needed severe repair 💧 , Heaven gained another angel 😢, and tonight my daughter ran the upstairs bathtub (without my knowledge) and she forgot about it. 🤦🏼♀️ 🛁 and the water continued to run through my recessed lights in my master bedroom below. 😫 . So, Today was low carb day (check out @MOMShift.Health) and I just ate a stress bowl of cereal!!! I guess I handled it ok. . I’ve learned a few things in life over all the losses and setbacks. For instance, shit smacks you in the face all the time. It will never stop coming back!! Depression is always there waiting for the chance to lurk on us again, but it’s how we MANAGE our thoughts, emotions and actions that cause our outcomes of another depression or a revival. . We will always be faced with bad situations. We are not being singled out. . We can let things tear us down or we can think about how to RESPOND and QUIT REACTING. . Thankful nothing was worse than it was...it so could have been!! 🙏🏻 . . . . #baddaysbuildbetterdays #lookonthebrightside #depressionhelp #manageyouremotions #lifeisntperfect #youcandothis #momspirations #dontdwellonit #highsandlows #motherhoodunfiltered #survivingmomshift #momshift
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Mother’s Day is about feelings that count and memories that matter. It’s about appreciation for things that were done and for lessons that were taught. Mother’s Day is all about love. About love you have for your Mother, your Grandmother and your children. Love For the children lost, the Grandmothers lost and the Mothers lost. In the end Memories and lessons are all we (and our children) have left, so make them beautiful today and be sure your Mother’s, Grandmothers and Children always know how much they have done for you. Happy Mother’s Day! Happy Mother’s Day in heaven Momma. 💕🙏🏻😘🌹💐🌻 #BecauseOfYouIHaveThem #mothersdaymemories #rememberingmom #grief #lossofmother #loveconquersall #nanainheaven #momshift #survivingmomshift
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Happy Mother’s Day! 8 years. EIGHT LONG years I have dreamed and wished and wanted a blog. So many things stopped me. I am happy to announce the LAUNCH OF MY BLOG!!! I'm so excited and its SOOO REAL NOW!! . I hope you enjoy reading what I post and please sign up for the updates so you will get in the loop when I post new content, launch my MOMShift Calculator next month, my COURSES and MY PODCAST coming this FALL!!! YES SO MUCH MORE TO COME!! . I am so scared and so excited all at the same time and I know that this Mother's Day weekend was the time to Launch if for all the Mama's out there needing a little extra support getting out of the rut!! . Please share or tag your Mama friends that you think would enjoy! . I have SOOO MUCH more to post and I’m getting it all ready for you!! . Thank you for all of you who have mentioned over the years that I should have a blog...its finally here!!! Thank YOU!!! **Link in bio** . . . . . #momlife #momsupport #mothersday #momspiration #bloggermom #mamabloggers #lifestylebloggers #realmamalife #newbieblogger #bloglaunch #momminainteasy #momshift #survivingmomshift
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My husband said I have enough ears! Really?! That’s like telling all woman that they have enough shoes 👠!! NEVER!! 🤣🥰😘💕🏰👑 I’m sure I have more... 🤫 . . . . . #purplewallphotos #disneylifehappywife #disneyears #disneyworld2019 #disneyears #familyvacations #happiestplaceonearth #dreamsdocometrue✨ #shoelover👠 #momlife💕 #disneykids #tracevacationrentals #momshift #survivingmomshift
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We have been to Disney plenty of times now but this might be one of the coolest times. We are doing a tour with a Disney Imagineer. . I highly recommend doing this! We thought we knew so much about Disney but we don’t even know a fraction! . So many awesome little tips and fun facts. It’s been a great experience especially for my daughter who has big dreams of becoming an Imagineer one day. I can’t give away her secret designs! . . . . #disneyquotestoliveby #disneyworld2019 #dreamsdocometrue✨ #imagineer #disneyimagineering #disneykids #tracevacationrentals #beourguest #momshift #survivingmomshift #disneylifestyleblog
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Starting something that requires huge change, or any change for that matter, is tough. Especially if you’re in a rut. It’s hard to drag yourself into the gym or to get up to cook or just get out of bed and have a cry free day. . It’s so hard. Change is so hard. . But change...it’s so worth it. . I don’t handle change well. . But with change comes transformation. New beginnings. New adventures. New life. . I looked at all I lost for so long. But what I didn’t realize was how I lost so much of myself along the way. Then my depressed state of mind became my new normal and I had to get out of my rut to change and FIND MYSELF AGAIN. . Do you know what it took to do it? . Courage to start. And The commitment to live a better life than I was currently living. . I needed a push. A goal. A reason to feel better and not cry all day. A vision of myself smiling. A desire to say, “even if God decides I have 1 day left...I’m gonna make my today better than my yesterday!” . I’d be damned to waste away my days. . I want to do all the things I’ve dreamed of for so long but feared the judgement, the failure, and even the success. I want to be ME! I want to find myself again and have fun truly learning who I am deep down! . I want to dye my hair pink and then maybe purple. . I want to run a half marathon. . I want to be in great shape. . I want to cross off things on my bucket list and move to the next one. . I want to have a blog and a podcast that inspires women to get out of their ruts and find themselves again!! . And I want to do it all and be a good Mom & Wife! . It all starts with the courage to take the chance and make a change. . It all starts with a decision...a commitment. A goal. It starts with you... in your mind...without the fears. . I am finally starting to feel like me again. I’m finally feeling like I’m free breaking thru the barriers I built against myself. . Free from my own mind. . . . . #couragequotes #changeishere #freeyourminds #livelifestrong #committoabetteryou #inspiringquote #inspiringmoms #newbeginnings❤️ #momlife❤️ momshift #survivingmomshift #momlifestyle
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❤️ Double tap for reaching goals!! ❤️ Bucket List: ✅ COOPER RIVER BRIDGE RUN 10K!! Yes!! And I beat my time by 10mins!! 1:14:47 What a great sense of accomplishment. 🏃♀️ 🏅 🌉 My mom visited me in my dreams again last night. (She did before my 1/2 marathon too) She’s with me when I run. I feel I’m on a new path to live my best life for my parents. Crossing the finish lines are like crossing the starting line of a new phase in life. Nothing feels as good as accomplishing a goal!! It’s always like a new beginning!! . . . . . #bucketlist #crbr2019 #rungirlrun #runforyourlife #accomplishinggoals #newbeginnings❤️ #believeinyourself❤️ #youcandomore #leavingalegacy #newtraditions #momlife💕 #momshift #survivingmomshift