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The Pivot: Moving Forward After My Husband's Affair

The Pivot: Moving Forward After My Husband's Affair

I am here telling my story, because there is hope. And if you are feeling stuck and in need of a pivot, please know that the pivot won’t be

Fight, Flight or Freeze

Fight, Flight or Freeze

It's hard to pinpoint exactly when I lost myself, but I'm pretty sure I know how I lost myself and I feel like knowing how we got to a pl...

Owning My Truth

Owning My Truth

Why share? Why air your “dirty laundry” you may say? Well…I have no intention of airing my dirty laundry per say, but instead, owning my tru

Quick and Healthy Peanut Butter Protein Balls

Quick and Healthy Peanut Butter Protein Balls

Fast and easy recipe for a quick protein boost that tastes delicious. These are adult and kid approved.

3 Reasons You Might Be Failing at "New Year, New You"

3 Reasons You Might Be Failing at "New Year, New You"

These things have helped me not loathe goal setting and resolution making like I did when I was a kid, but that doesn't mean that I don&

A Letter To My Mom: You Should Know You're Not A Superhero

A Letter To My Mom: You Should Know You're Not A Superhero

I see you wanting to rescue me from so many of my adult failures and crying because you can’t make everything perfect and painless in my lif

Healthy Easy Chicken Stir Fry

Healthy Easy Chicken Stir Fry

On those nights I need a quick meal that won’t make tons of mess to clean up and that my son will eat; preferably a one-pot meal like this o

Drink Pairings For Imperfect Parenting

Drink Pairings For Imperfect Parenting

Have kids…will drink. I know there are some of you out there that manage to get through parenthood without drinking. God bless your souls...

Embrace the mess

Embrace the mess

it’s about me. It’s about things that may be messy, but are part of my beautiful life. Relationships, food, wine (yes…my life is made partl

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Excuse The Mess Blog is a lifestyle and single mom blog with the goal to empower people to be the best versions of themselves. I want to share with you my love for food, travel, motherhood, my often times bumpy journey to be the healthiest version of myself inside and out and all the beautiful mess of my beautiful life. I believe it’s not about finding yourself, it’s about giving yourself permission to be yourself and learning to love every part, mess and all.