Stop. Enjoy the View. As a child, growing up with a single mother was not easy. We lived in an apartment complex that was considered low income (I thought it was the best place ever), but it was home. Just a few short blocks away was Sunny Side Drive, a high end neighborhood, that sat… Continue reading Taking the Scenic Route
Author: Tonya Williams
What can I say. I am an original. I have lived more lives in my short 34 years than most will live in 60. My life has been a whirlwind for as long as I can remember. I began with getting into trouble as a juvenile delinquent, being married before graduating high school, being an Army Wife and seeing my husband through 2 tours in Iraq at the hight of the war, a stay-at-home mom, a police officer, to a sexual wellness educator.
Is there something I'm missing? Absolutely! Nothing that won't be shared at some point.
With all the experiences that I just shared, and those that I have not, I have to take a step back to remind you that I am not my experiences, and neither are you. Those experiences have made us one amazing, complex, confusing, walking contradiction, as well as, a kind hearted, strong yet sensitive individuals.
I mean, I still cry at commercials.
I have a love of being outdoors, walking barefoot in the grass, especially after a morning run. I am a triathlete that is coming back from shoulder surgery and getting a little "fluffy." Even with all that I am, there is still a love for trashy reality TV (I helped to make it popular in the 90's), listening to music on vinyl, watching movies on DVD, listen to CDs in my car with the all four windows down and volume up.
I have taught my 13 year old daughter about the greats like James Taylor, Stevie Nix, Aerosmith, Queen, Elton John, Beastie Boys, Eminem, Salt-n-Peppa, TLC, John Mellencamp (when he had the Cougar), while we still jam out to Twenty One Pilots and Taylor Swift.
Because I have been married since 18, I can definitely say that I have grown up with husband. We are both a little dorky and have our own special banter. I mean who else could talk about putting their significant other in a wood chipper and laugh about it. We even have our own eye language that allows us to have entire conversations about people at the grocery store. Not only is he a great father, but my best friend.
So, there you have it; well some of it. I may not be an expert, but I love to share what's inside this crazy head of mine, because I'm sure that I am not the only one to think and feel it.
A Total Meltdown and Little Victories
My cart remained empty 🙂 Have you given yourself credit for those not-so-big moments and little victories? A little side note to this blog, I had this topic come to mind in the middle of training, so I stopped my workout to write down the ideas. Little did I know, how meaningful this post would… Continue reading A Total Meltdown and Little Victories
A Few Simple Keys To Weight Loss
It's always easier with your friends! From An Uncertified Self-Proclaimed Diet Junky. What Are You Afraid Of? The sad truth is, that in order to begin to lose weight you need to first discover what you are afraid of. There are so many ways that people are afraid and much of their fear, sadness, depression,… Continue reading A Few Simple Keys To Weight Loss
Act Four: The Beginning of A New Career
The last few years of my life have been a bit crazy. I left my law enforcement job of five years to work a full-time networking marketing business with Pure Romance. Now that I have had a small taste of entrepreneurship with this company I crave something more. Something all my own. During my parties… Continue reading Act Four: The Beginning of A New Career
When Do You Say Goodbye? P2
Ending a Friendship Pt. 2 As you may have read with, When Do You Say Goodbye? P1, I decided to let go of a twenty year friendship. Not because it was overtly toxic, not because of some egregious act on part of my friend, but because I needed a different kind of friendship that she… Continue reading When Do You Say Goodbye? P2
When Do You Say Goodbye? P1
You would think that after twenty years we would have a friendship like that. That we had both earned and built the trust needed to tell each other anything, no matter how painful. However, our friendship is not what I had thought it was, and that is okay.
Parenting A Teenager and What I Have Learned So Far: Year 1
The warnings were clear, the terror had been set, and the calendar finally marked the day of her thirteenth birthday. When I opened her door would she be sitting up with her head spinning in circles and green puke projectiled onto her wall?
Have You Checked Out Lately?
Talk about a pretty good trail! How many days have you gone without checking out? How many days have you checked out? What Is Checking Out? In order to answer questions one and two, you must first define what it means to check out. If you Google the terms check out or checking out, you… Continue reading Have You Checked Out Lately?
All Things Are Possible… In Spite of Depression.
Because "we are made of star stuff "- Carl Sagan Come with me on a journey. Before you read any further take a minute and consider this, if you could do anything, go anywhere, be anyone, see everything without the fear of failure, the fear of cost, and the fear of disappointment, what would you… Continue reading All Things Are Possible… In Spite of Depression.
Your Friend Just Joined A Direct Sales Company. Now What?
Oh, god! Not direct sales! NOOOOOO! Reading the title just made me roll my eyes, too, and I am IN direct sales. As a matter of fact, I have actually rolled my eyes to some of my friends joining directs sales, even after I had been running my own direct sales business. Pretty shitty, right?… Continue reading Your Friend Just Joined A Direct Sales Company. Now What?
