Curvy Girl on the Run

This post is sponsored by  Catherine’s .  Valentine’s Day is quickly approaching! Whether you have a sweetie or not, people celebrate it all sorts of ways! Pink cupcakes and cookies taken to work, heart shaped doughnuts, candy and cards in your kids classrooms- the thrill of love is in the air!  I decided to go to the  Downtown Market  in Grand Rapids and look around for some unique gifts. I wore this fun outfit from  Catherine’s  and it definitely put me in the mood!  I love this  striped top with sequin hearts !  It’s such a fun top! I paired it with the  red knit jeans  and  wide calf black boots . For accessories, I love these  heart earrings  and I’m even wearing matching  socks !  I looked around at a few places in the market.  Love’s  has some of the best treats around! I love their ice cream and they have a lot of fun boxed items that can be purchased as well!  Aperitivo ...

Mother's Day can be tricky. While I was in Target on Saturday, the cashier wished me a Happy Mother's Day. I was alone. I don't know her so I am sure she doesn't know whether or not I have children. She also doesn't know that my mother passed away and this holiday used to be one of the hardest for me.  I started to think about Mother's Days in the past. I have to tell you that I don't remember much about Mother's Days prior to my mom not being here with us. I know that we always used to go to church on that Sunday and the pastor would get up and speak from some passage praising mothers. I never really paid that much attention to those sermons because I was younger and obviously wasn't a parent.  It wasn't until my mother passed away that I heard that first message about mothers and decided I would not attend church on that Sunday. It was too hard to sit there and hear the pastor sing praises of mothers when I didn't have one. Life was...