The Love Hidden in a Home-Cooked Meal 🌹

Come come sit with me, grab a drink and pull up a chair. The last couple of weeks I have been thinking about my mom. Okay, okay... my mom and food. 😄 In my opinion, my mom was a great cook. Child, let me tell you, whenever I went to visit her, I already knew what was coming. The first night would be donairs. The second night? My favourite. Ribs, rice, and tea biscuits. Now let me tell you something... I love tea biscuits. LOVE them. To this day, they are one of the things I have never been able to make quite like my mom did. She would make this sauce to go over the ribs and rice, and it was so good. If I visited in the summer, there would usually be blueberry pie. If I came in the winter, it was apple pie. The funny thing is, when I think about the people in my life, so many of them have a food attached to them. My bestie's husband loves to cook, and let me tell you, that man can make French toast. Mmm mmm. 😄 You know the kind where you tell yourself you...
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Sexy Is a Feeling, Not a Size

Come, come sit with me. Get comfortable with your drink. I’ve got my tea.

So… I was driving home today after getting my hair done, and I have to tell you — I was feeling good. Not just happy, but confident. Comfortable. A little sexy, if I’m being honest.

And I know what you’re thinking — okay Lisa, isn’t that a good thing? Yes. Yes, it is.

But here’s my truth.

I haven’t really liked myself lately.

Not in a dramatic way. Not in a way that anyone else would probably notice. Just quietly. Subtly. The kind of feeling that creeps in when life gets busy and you forget to check in with yourself.

And as I was driving, it hit me why.

I stopped doing the things that help me feel good.

For me, feeling good isn’t about how I look — it’s about how I connect with myself.

When I move my body — even if it’s just a 20-minute walk — something shifts. The tension releases. The worries quiet down. The stress doesn’t feel so loud.

I put my music on, and I just let it go.

Eating right helps me too. (Lord knows I’ve been snacking like nobody’s business lately.)

Not in a punishment way. Just in a taking-care-of-myself way.

This is what helps me connect back to me.

And I think at some point in our lives, we all feel this way — one time or another.

Because listen… I want to get back to sexy Lisa. And honey, let me tell you — that is a feeling, not a look.

You can be fluffy and feel sexy. You can be slim and feel sexy.

It lives in our minds, not our mirrors.

Let me tell you a story.

I was out shopping with a friend one day, buying underwear — bras and undies. I was reaching for my usual staples: white, black, beige.

She looked at me and said, “What are you doing?”

I said, “Buying my staples.”

She shook her head. “No, no, no. You need color.”

I laughed and said, “I don’t need color.”

She looked at me and said, “Lisa, when you wear color under your clothes, it can change your whole mood. And the best part? Only you know why you’re in that mood.”

I laughed… but I listened.

And mmm — girl, she was right.

What you wear under your clothes can change how you move through the world — not because anyone else sees it, but because you feel it.

So here’s what I’m saying — to you and to myself.

We all lose connection with ourselves. Life happens. Responsibilities pile up. We survive instead of feel.

But I’m getting that sexy back. 😏

Not by changing my body. Not by becoming someone new.

I’m getting back into alignment — with my body, my heart, and the woman I already am.

Just one step. One choice. One moment of coming back to myself.

So… who’s with me?

✨ Whisper: Sexy is a feeling. And tonight, I’m choosing to feel it.

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