What’s your definition of romantic?

Doing something with the intention of making someone feel loved.

How do you express your gratitude?

When it comes to thanking someone for a gift, I always like to send a hand written thank you note. I’ll always thank someone in person as well and usually give them a hug, but there’s something special about sending out a note that I prefer.

As far as expressing gratitude in a general sense, I love writing down the things I am grateful for. I also will find myself talking out loud to the universe about the people and things I am grateful for as well, typically when I’m alone in my car LOL.

Since today’s theme is gratitude, here are 10 things I am feeling grateful for this morning:

1. my husband/our marriage
2. our home
3. our health
4. our cats
5. our jobs
6. good music
7. the sun (sunrises/sunsets/sunshine)
8. genuine friendships
9. iced coffee
10. podcasts

What are you most worried about for the future?

Over the years, I have been actively trying to surrender to faith and re-route my thoughts when I find myself worried about the future. It’s so easy to go into a worry spirals- asking all the “what ifs,” but now I try to think “what if it all works out and my current worrying is just preventing my peace?”

Let’s be real though, ya girl still has worries LOL. I’d say the main ones are the huge ones like:

• Which of my parents will pass first- how to handle supporting the other one

• What will happen with my brother-in-law when my MIL/FIL pass away in the future

• Will my husband and I be able to have children

What makes a teacher great?

They genuinely are passionate about education and care about students/the future generations.

Have you ever had surgery? What for?

In April of this year, I had a Tonsillectomy, Adenoidectomy, and nasal tissue reduction. I did this as I had tonsils that were continuously infected and filled with tonsil stones. The nasal tissue reduction helps me to breathe better through my nose! The recovery process was horrible considering I’m about to be 30, but I’m glad it’s over with!

What are your daily habits?

AM daily’s:

• give Mushu her insulin

• get dressed

• brush teeth

PM daily’s:

• dinner

• give Mushu her insulin again

• shower

I also write here in my blog typically sometime during the day on most days. I’d love to say I wash my face every morning, but that’s definitely more sparingly LOL.

What’s the most delicious thing you’ve ever eaten?

I remember getting this King Crab Alfredo at this seafood restaurant many years back and literally was the best meal I’ve ever had.

If you were forced to wear one outfit over and over again, what would it be?

Yoga pants, crop top, open toed fuzzy slippers.

How important is spirituality in your life?

It is quite important in my life at this time, and I feel like this recent loss in the family has had me really leaning into faith. I’ve seen so many signs that our loved one is still with us- she even visited me in a dream last night. I think she was trying to tell me that it never matters what others think or say about you, what matters is you follow your own dreams and do it now, because you never know how much time you have.

I know astrology sometimes goes hand in hand with spirituality, and I’ve been seeing a lot of posts about today (June 24) being a lucky day for everyone. Jupiter sits in Cazimi – which apparently means that Jupiter “sits in the heart of the sun.” Astrologers believe that means today the universe is answering our dreams, as long as we’re bold enough to ask for them. It’s a good morning to sit and think about what makes you feel the most joy in this lifetime.

For me, I feel joy when I’m with genuine, supportive people. I love being with good friends, having deep conversations, celebrating our evolutions, and just laughing at everything. I feel fueled after a good connection; I feel good after making someone feel empowered and uplifted. I feel good when I am being intentional with love, and when I am in tune with the universe.

Write about your first crush.

I remember being really young, I think I was 7 or 8 when I had a crush on the neighbor boy. I just remember that I thought he was so cute and so cool, and he was definitely a grade or two older than me so he was not interested at all LOL I’m sure he looked at me like a kid- but literally we both were kids.