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Earlier today, I had a really candid and cool conversation with my bestfriend. Whatever we began the conversation with was a segue to a conversation of past relationships.

I’m not a stranger to bad breakups, cheating, and casual relationships. My 20’s knows these all too well! Can you say, Trainwreck?! Boy, I was a sloppy mess!

It’s pretty comical thinking about some of the things I did out of spite – Long break up letters, public bashing on social media, scandalous acts of revenge. Why didn’t anyone tell me I was such a horrible person!? hahaha There was nothing that anyone could have done to save them (and myself) from that kind of humiliation. I was an open book back then, too, but in a bad way!

Now that I am a little bit older, little bit wiser, I remember those moments differently. The moments that made me feel so incredibly bitter actually make complete sense now. My heart and mind were so clouded by heartbreak that I could never see the silver lining. Welp, I see it now, and there are reasons why those things happened. All the moments that made me serial-killer crazy, make me laugh in the best ways. I look at how far we’ve come in life, and I see your puzzle has pieced together nicely. Mine did, too.

To all the boys I’ve loved before – Thank you. I mean, I thought I was cool before, but I think I’m so much cooler now! Each of you had some kind of doing in that. I hope I made some kind of impact on your life, too. If you’re one of those boys reading this, I hope, as some of us now live as strangers, you remember me as kind and compassionate. As for me? I will never forget you. I’m lucky that you chose to walk beside me for a small part of my journey. I’m grateful for all of you.

Except ________, I fuckin hate you.

Love, Nori

Hi!

I’ve always wanted to start a blog but never felt I had “a thing.” You know, that one particular talent that people want to read about, like interior decorating, sewing, traveling, and other awesome things I don’t do. LOL To me, my life has always been miserably mundane. – It’s totally not. It’s a big platter of chaos and I eat off of it with pride.  Matter of fact, I think my life is pretty awesome.

I’d like to share that life with you.  In the last decade, I stuck with privacy. I don’t post a lot on social media because I typically don’t like anyone in my business. And if you were friends with me in my 20’s, you’d know this is a drastic change. My dirty laundry was all over MySpace for all of Anchorage to see. I shared my business with everyone…up until my business got really bad. Maybe back then I chose to share only the bad things, or maybe, back then, my life only consisted of bad things.  Either way, as I grow, I realize I have a lot of things I’d actually like to share; areas in my life, both past and present, where maybe the advice of friends, and even strangers, could make a big impact.  

I’ll be sharing a little about a lot of everything, though a lot of the things will most likely be family –focused. I’m a mother of 5, 1 out of 3 sisters, full-time employee, and a living-breathing-walking SIM. My husband absolutely adores me, I hope, and we clearly thought five kids were not enough so we also raise two fur-teens. It’s inevitable – I can’t escape them.  But, I’ll try to change it up a bit for you! Happy reading!

Love, Nori

P.S. Maybe people will read the stories I share and maybe they won’t. But just maybe, my story will help at least one person in some kind of way.  Then, this blog would all be worth it.  Isn’t that why we are all here?

“A life is not important except in the impact it has on other lives.” – Jackie Robinson