As if I wasn’t obsessed with baking before, quarantine has allowed me to really explore my dessert-loving tendencies. Being a huge fan of anything sweet, I decided it was time to break out the fall-themed recipes. I opted to try this recipe from Mom Loves Baking: https://www.momlovesbaking.com/pumpkin-cupcakes/ which includes both the cupcakes themselves and the…
Pandemic Schmandemic
2019 was, hands down, the roughest, most heartbreaking year of my life. My Mom was both diagnosed with and overcome by cancer. She died frail and more unlike herself than I’d ever seen in August of that year. And while 2020 is nowhere near as horrible a year (for me) than 2019, it’s another shit…
Time
It’s a strange feeling when there’s something you desperately want to ask to one specific person but that specific person is gone. My Mom, as most women are, was the backbone and information hub for our family. When you lost the remote or the book you were reading, she knew exactly where it was. When…
Mom Knows Best
Growing up, did you ever misplace something, spend hours searching for it, then when you finally asked your Mom if she’d seen it she knew exactly where it was? I feel like my Mom always just knew where things were. Oh, that Tamagatchi you haven’t played with since before 9/11? She knew it’s exact location…
Dreams of My Mom
Last night was the first time I had a dream about my mom since she died. In my dream, we were both inside of a house, except it was falling out of the sky like Dorothy’s in the Wizard of Oz. My Mom and I were staring out the window of the plummeting house but we were… content.
My Mama
When my mother died, the funeral director asked if we’d like copies of her fingerprints. Apparently it’s common to get jewelry or other keepsakes with a loved one’s prints on them. Of course we’d said yes, I was desperately grasping for anything that would keep my mother close to me.
Changing My Mindset About Fitness
Entering college, I was what you would consider all-around average. I was average weight, average height, average everything – yet, still, I thought I wasn’t good enough.
Stardew Valley is Taking Over My Life – And I’m Not Mad About It
Being an avid Animal Crossing fan I was in the market for a Nintendo Switch immediately after hearing that there would be a new AC release in 2020. It didn’t take much convincing to get my boyfriend on board and together we scurried down to Walmart like giddy school-kids. After perusing Reddit for an interesting game to buy, I stumbled upon Stardew Valley.
Get To Know Me!
Hi guys. This is my first ever blog post… and I have no idea what to say. My name is Taylor Olivia, I’m from the great ole state of New Jersey – yes, the armpit of America. I have a younger brother and older sister making me the middle child (which probably accounts for a…
Taylor’s Times 