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  • Hi…I’m Renée!

    I’m a mama (writer, teacher, foodie, wife, lover of music, color and all things zen) who never, ever thought I was creative. Well, enter motherhood and I’m a completely changed woman. When I was pregnant with my daughter, my creative sparks began to explode. I reconnected with my love for photography in a way that helps create calm in my busy mama life AND I’m now a doodler (or shall I say, kid again!) who uses crayons, colored pencils and paints to disconnect from my hectic-to-do-list day that runs my thoughts on a daily basis. But most importantly, I’ve fallen in love with my camera and color, which helps me live a more calm and present mama life.

    Now, just because the title up above says I'm a calm mama, I want you to know that I'm not 100% calm and I don't have it all figured out. Before having my daughter, I wasn't doing anything that involved paints or a camera. Now, because of my new relationship with my creative side (it's taken me some to get to this place!) I'm happy to say that I'm SO much calmer than ever before. Do I have days that I'm pulling my hair out and wishing I was super calm in the moment....YES! But, now, I have the tools to help me NOT stay in that hectic place for too long. And, that's why I'm here...to share my journey to creating more calm in my busy mama life with you. Woohoo! Learn more about me.

Monthly Archives: June 2011

About Me Page {UPDATED!}

I’ve been spending lots of time behind the scenes writing and getting more connected with my true mission and passion behind my site and what I’ll be sharing with the world. With that, I finally updated my About Me page with my message that explains where I’m heading.    I thought I’d post it here…

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Life IS Awesome, Right?

For the most part, I like to keep the focus on positivity here, but sometimes, off of here, life isn’t so positive. There are ups and downs that come in and out of my life on a daily basis.  Especially this year. I’m loving every minute of BEing and learning mommyhood, but at the same…

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{foodie loves friday} Coolest Tuna Salad Ever!

*FYI ~ I’m changing up how I do my Foodie Fridays.  Instead of each week being a step-by-step (come on New Kids on the Block fans, you know you wanna sing it…step…by…step…LOL!) recipe, I’m gonna do whatever pulls at my heart strings for the week, instead.  And by that, I mean, I could just post…

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Be You: Remember Who You Are

The other night I came across Patti Digh. Don’t even ask me how, because these days I can’t remember how I connect with all the awesomeness that is happening on the Internet since entering mommy mushy brain land. HA! As soon as I connected to her site, I was instantly filled with inspiration.  Inspiration that…

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Where I’m, I Mean, My Blog is Headed…

I’ve been going through changes.  GOOD changes! I finally feel like I know my purpose with my blog and site. Because of that, I wanted to let you in on how it’ll officially align with who I am right now in my life. You see, I became a Mommy! And with my new Mommy life…

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