Love and Life with Lisa 🌹

Come, come sit with me. Grab your drink and pull up a chair… Ssssoooo… guess what? It’s going to be my birthday soon… and I just love my birthday. 😂 Getting older has never bothered me. Not even a little. My parents were not wealthy… But on our birthdays? We always had pizza and birthday cake. And let me tell you… That felt like everything. It wasn’t about big gifts or fancy parties. It was about: being together laughing and knowing that this day was yours. And to this day? I still have to have birthday cake on my birthday. 😂 Like… it’s not even optional. It doesn’t feel like my birthday without it. Mmm… down memory lane… I was in my early twenties, and we were going dancing — my brother, my cousin, my friend — meeting up with a bunch of people. I remember walking into the bar… And somehow… I kind of walked out by myself. 😂 I won’t give you all the details… But let’s just say… I was still feeling it the next morning. And honestly… T...

Come, come sit with me… grab your drink and pull up a chair. This one hits me hard… and I want to share it with you. We all have a monster inside of us… but let me explain what I mean by that. It’s that voice… the one that tells you you’re not good enough. The one that whispers — or sometimes shouts — things about yourself that just aren’t kind. And hun… let me tell you something. That voice? It can get loud. Lately… it’s been right there, nagging in my ear for the last couple of weeks. And the hard part? I started to listen. I caught myself saying out loud… that I was disappointed in myself. And in that moment… I realized something. I had taken in what the voice was saying. But then I was talking to a friend… and they said something that stopped me. They told me: You can let disappointment in yourself do two things… It can keep you stuck… or it can be your wake-up call. So now I sit with that. Because maybe the goal isn’t to pretend the voic...

Come, come sit with me. Grab your drink and pull up a chair. Alright… today my head was floating. I wasn’t sure what I wanted to tell you about… something funny, or maybe something deep and reflective… but honestly, nothing was really landing. And I almost didn’t write. But then something crossed my mind… Don’t you find that time is just… speeding by? Like right now… it’s April. April. I feel like we were just talking about the start of the year, and now here we are already moving through it. Where is time going? I swear, sometimes I just want it to slow down… just a little. LOL. And then I started thinking… I remember being a kid, and for some reason, I couldn’t wait to be 35. (Why 35? I honestly have no idea 😄) I remember telling my mom that I couldn’t wait to be older… and all the freedom I was going to have… Yeah… She did that laughing thing too. You know the one… where they don’t even say anything… they just laugh like they already know somethin...

Come, come sit with me. Grab a drink and pull up a chair. Okay… I heard a comment today that made me sit back and think — like really think about the words. Because child… they ran around in my head all day. The comment was this: Some people come into our lives to break us… and some come into our lives to rebuild us. Sit with that for a moment. I know what you’re thinking… Who is breaking me? And who is rebuilding me? Mmm… yeah. I felt that one down in my bones. It hits hard. The reason it hits hard… is because you never want to think that people are breaking you. But they do. And sometimes it’s not loud or obvious. The breaking can happen in the way someone talks to you… or the way you feel when you’re around them. And deep down, in your heart of hearts… you know it’s not right. You feel it. And in that breaking… you start to withdraw a little. You get quieter. You question things more. And you find yourself asking: Why? Why does this feel ...

Come, come sit with me. Grab yourself a drink and pull up a chair. Spring is in the air… which means things are budding and getting ready to be brought to life. Just like wedding season… WOO HOO 😄 And you know I love me some wedding vibes… New love, old love, and that quick love that somehow turns into forever… 😄 There’s just something about this time of year. You can feel it. That excitement… The kind that comes when you’re just starting to plan… or when everything is finally coming together and you’re thinking, “thank God it’s almost here.” 😄 But even with all that excitement… there’s something deeper. There’s love. And for me… love is everything. Love shows up in different ways… And when it’s real, it’s always there. I heard a story once about a couple who dated as teenagers… but life happened, and they went their separate ways. They lost contact… and that was it. Until… 45 years later 😄 They found each other again… and ended...

Come, come sit with me. Grab your drink and pull up a chair. Mmmm… you know how much I love food and cooking. A friend was coming over, and I wanted to make dinner — something quick and easy, but still with that wow factor. My friend loves anything chicken, so I asked what she wanted, and we landed on honey garlic chicken thighs. Now… you all know this meal can be a little intense. But I wanted easy. And easy is exactly what I did. So the meal plan was honey garlic chicken thighs, potatoes, and broccoli. I did the chicken and the honey garlic sauce in the same pan, and the potatoes and broccoli went into the air fryer. Here’s why I love my dual air fryer… I can start the potatoes first, then add the broccoli a little later — all while I’m cooking the chicken. And somehow? Everything lands on the table at the same time. Because I hate when my food isn’t hot. If you don’t have a dual air fryer yet, it’s honestly one of my favorite kitchen tools — it makes di...