with love, c.p

  • What This Season of Life Is Teaching Me

    Right now, life feels a little like organized chaos. I’m mom-ing a preteen girl who’s balancing competition dance and track.I’m working two jobs.And I’m in school. Which means most days are a blur of schedules, drop-offs, deadlines, laundry piles, quick… Continue reading

    What This Season of Life Is Teaching Me
  • The Emotional Side of Decluttering

    I used to think decluttering was just… getting organized. You know like light a candle, put on a playlist, toss some things in a donation bag, and suddenly feel like a brand new person. But somewhere between the “keep” pile… Continue reading

    The Emotional Side of Decluttering
  • Loving Your Neighbor in Practical Ways

    We hear it all the time: “Love your neighbor.” It sounds beautiful. Simple. Straightforward. But in everyday life… it can feel a little abstract. Like what does that actually look like between school drop-offs, work schedules, grocery runs, and trying… Continue reading

    Loving Your Neighbor in Practical Ways
  • Filtered Ambition

    Filtered Ambition: How Social Media Warps Our Goals Without Us Realizing We scroll. We double-tap. We save inspirational quotes and watch strangers live curated lives that seem impossibly perfect. Social media was supposed to connect us and used as a… Continue reading

    Filtered Ambition
  • Calling C.P

    During the past couple of years I have found myself to be pulled more toward the Christian faith. I want to be clear in the fact that I never felt pulled away from Christianity but lately I have been having… Continue reading

    Calling C.P
  • Rewriting My Future

    My daughter and I are a family. We are stable and loving and just enough the way we are. We don’t need anyone else to make us complete. Don’t get me wrong I still value marriage and if someone down… Continue reading

    Rewriting My Future
  • Misunderstood.

    Sometimes the people you want to be part of your story are only meant to be a chapter. I love when book characters are human. As a lover of fantasy novels and series, I don’t particularly mean human, human. Though,… Continue reading

    Misunderstood.
  • 9 years

    9 years of joy. 9 years of unconditional love. 9 years of security. of hand holding and cuddles, whether for sickness or just because. 9 years of you being one of my sole purposes in life, my driving force, the… Continue reading

  • Things I’ve Liked Recently

    Things I’ve Liked Recently Where have I been? Hi friends, I apologize for my absence. This past semester of college had me stressed. I did my final exam last Saturday! **whoop whoop** so now I feel like I can focus… Continue reading

    Things I’ve Liked Recently
  • How your environment impacts your mental health.

    The human mind and body are interconnected and can be effected by many things, including the environment you’re in. I don’t think it’s a secret that everything from the house, city and the state you live to even the weather… Continue reading

    How your environment impacts your mental health.