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This chapter is called: Enjoy it
A thirty-something year old who is starting to "enjoy it"
Life. It has a funny way of humbling you. But after everything, you have to remember to just enjoy it, you only get one.
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Toddler Halloween
For a while there, after the "I don't want any kids (because doctors told me I can't have any)," being a mama to a healthy baby that made it earthside was only a dream, a hope, a prayer that in 2022 was finally answered. And now I sit here and think of how at one point, because doctors told me I would never, I didn't "want" kids. And it makes me a bit sad (and mad) at all the things I would have never experienced had I let them be "right." All the firsts are magical, and this
Julie Marie
Nov 3, 20252 min read


Life Update Oct 2025
WOW! I have really neglected my little space on the internet! So much has happened, yet not much at the same time. For starters, in June...
Julie Marie
Oct 8, 20252 min read


RVidaFam
Where to even begin. If you have been around for a while, you know I seriously considered “going tiny” a few years back when I started...
Julie Marie
Sep 21, 20231 min read


10 de mayo
May 10 is known as Mothers Day in most latin countries, regardless of what day of the week it lands on. When I longed to be a mother, I...
Julie Marie
May 12, 20233 min read


Life Lately...
It has been a while since my last post and let me tell you, life has been intense. To get up to speed and get back into regularly...
Julie Marie
Mar 2, 20232 min read


Too many options, too much confusion!
I still can't believe that I am now 6 months postpartum (SIX MONTHS!) A lot has happened in the last six months but before we do through...
Julie Marie
Jan 5, 20233 min read


Ezekiel Robert
On Sunday July 10, 2022, at 8pm, my sister, Omar and I walked into the hospital and we were ready to walk our with our newborn son. That...
Julie Marie
Sep 24, 20225 min read


Pregnancy
Its crazy how immediately after the two lines show up on a pregnancy test, your life changes. It is no longer just about you; there is...
Julie Marie
Sep 23, 20225 min read


BFP!
As previously mentioned, in late 2020/early 2021, I began to seriously consider starting a family of my own. After being told that I...
Julie Marie
Sep 10, 20223 min read


Iced Coffee and a sleeping newborn
Since my last post in January 2021, life has been very exciting, And yes, you read the title right, I have a newborn! I have been trying...
Julie Marie
Sep 8, 20221 min read


2 0 2 0
For most of us, 2020 was an odd year. We found ourselves in situations we never thought would happen to us, right? And then BOOM! it...
Julie Marie
Jan 1, 20213 min read


A very COVID Christmas...
December 2020 was full of lots of exciting plans. By now, its clear that COVID-19 did not go away after the initial 2-week shelter in...
Julie Marie
Dec 25, 20201 min read


Tamales made E A S Y
This post was originally posted on my older blog back in 2016 and I decided to dust if off, edit it and repost it because its tamale...
Julie Marie
Nov 8, 20207 min read


Beautifully Broken
About a year ago, I came to the realization that I needed help. And there I found myself, filling out the questionnaire my therapist's...
Julie Marie
May 3, 20204 min read


Clean-ish
Four weeks ago today, I began my "Shelter-In-Place"/ Quarantine due to COVID19. In the last 4 weeks, I have noticed many changes to...
Julie Marie
Apr 13, 20203 min read


What I thought thirty would be...
When I was little, I mean younger since I'm still pretty petite, I envisioned what my life would be like. While most little girls dream...
Julie Marie
Apr 5, 20202 min read
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