Browsing Category:

Life

Life

A Few Loves


Warning: Use of undefined constant gad_content_tag_filter_replace - assumed 'gad_content_tag_filter_replace' (this will throw an Error in a future version of PHP) in /home2/crae/public_html/wp-content/plugins/web-ninja-google-analytics/webninja_ga.php on line 1813
Threads – I recently joined and I love it. I feel it’s only a matter of time before I abandon my Twitter entirely. The platform reminds me of old-school Twitter–the simplicity, the freshness, the lack of political propaganda, racist bot rhetoric, and gender and diaspora wars. Hoka Clifton 9s – probably the most necessary purchase I’ve made for my feet. These are the most comfortable walking shoes that I’ve ever worn. I purchased them to be able to handle the hills of Tennessee, and they’ve been my  ...

Life, Wanderlust

A Week in Tennessee


Warning: Use of undefined constant gad_content_tag_filter_replace - assumed 'gad_content_tag_filter_replace' (this will throw an Error in a future version of PHP) in /home2/crae/public_html/wp-content/plugins/web-ninja-google-analytics/webninja_ga.php on line 1813
A 10-hour drive led us to Pigeon Forge, TN for a week. A week spent in the mountains enjoying 10U baseball tournaments and most importantly, family. It was my first time visiting the Smoky Mountain Range and it was everything I thought it would be. Majestic. Vast. Ethereal. A beautiful reminder that I need more of this. It took a little bit out of me when we had to load up the vehicle and head back home. Because I couldn’t think of a place back home where I could briskly walk with such a deep incline that set my glutes, quads, and  ...

Home, Life

Minimalism 2023


Warning: Use of undefined constant gad_content_tag_filter_replace - assumed 'gad_content_tag_filter_replace' (this will throw an Error in a future version of PHP) in /home2/crae/public_html/wp-content/plugins/web-ninja-google-analytics/webninja_ga.php on line 1813
Towards the end of 2022, I realized that a lot of my frustration and stress stemmed from constantly being crowded by “stuff”. Life was life-ing with kids’ activities, work, etc., and the disarray and disorganization that I lived in didn’t make things run as smoothly as I knew they could and should. I can’t mention enough how much the pandemic has changed my behaviors and altered the systems that at one time kept me sane. Constantly dwelling within a state of dissatisfaction where I believed that I always  ...