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Marissa Vekasy, Foxborough, MA (2026)

11/06/2018

When life gets hard, cling tight to those you love and be thankful for all that you DO have.
Today has been a tough one. It will prob go down in the books with Oct 2, 2011 + Jan 10, 2017....and the hardest of all...March 3, 2018.
Where there is struggle there is strength babe....we gotta DIG DEEP and find that strength inside each of us. We all fall down, but it’s the grit of getting up with grace that makes all the difference in the world.
Clinging to this mug, like I am your love and honesty and support and patience and true, giving heart. OJ

11/05/2018

Start where you stand.
Two hours ago, while working in my dining room as my daughter played and watched Daniel Tiger, the front door opened.
In a millisecond I thought - it’s the mailmail?! It’s our neighbor!....oh crap...it could be Matt...and if it is, he’s early. Like TOO early. He shouldn’t be home for another hour plus!
And then I saw it. I saw HIM. And i just knew. The look on his face said it all.
2 hours ago my husband came home because he was laid off.
2 days ago I was sitting in my kitchen missing my hubby and son (they’re alive and well...unlike my mom )
2 months ago I was NOT starting my first day of the 2018-2019 school year
2 years ago I was 4 weeks postpartum with my second and only 4 weeks away from going back to work...and when I did go back to work, on Dec 1, 2016, it was tough! I left the house at 6:30am, with BOTH kids (2.5yo + 8wo), and taught middle schoolers all day.
Then something more tough happened...6 weeks after I went back to work, my husband was laid off from his job.
If you’re keeping track...you would believe my husband was laid off twice. But you would be wrong.
You see, about 3 months after our wedding...we were in THIS SAME SITUATION.
The difference about them and now is that we were scared newlyweds that only saw work as being a certain thing and a certain way.
Today. Where we stand. We know another way.
I am (still) scared that we won’t make enough this month to cover our mortgage. I am (still) scared that we will drive one another crazy during the day, cuz ya know...i work from home. I am (still) scared that THIS (read, my business) might not work.
But ya know what?! I’m gonna do it scared. I’m gonna hustle my heart out!! Why? Cuz my family literally depends on it!
I love that you’re here.
I’m thankful that you’re here.
I’m hopeful that you’re HERE reading this because you can relate to the unforgiving life of jobs that let you down!
Well let me tell you somethin’, THIS “job” won’t...you can’t get laid off from my team. If you don’t work, you won’t get paid. It’s that simple. And the process is simple. Allow me to show you. All applications welcome. See my bio

11/05/2018

I thought (and was hoping!) last night was a fluke....guess not. Advice welcomed from all qualified individuals!

11/04/2018

Look for ways to record the fleeting moments that make life sweat, but that so easily vanish from memory. Expressing and recalling your feelings will amplify the effect of happy experiences.
Gosh....if that doesn’t say “slow down” or “take a picture!” then I don’t know what does.
So often, especially on meal prep days, I get so focused on the task - rather taskS!- at hand, I forget the moments in the middle.
Today was different tho! Today I caught many of those “fleeting moments”:
My daughter eating her Mac n’ cheese with her spoooon!
My son eating on the back porch with “his” yardwork, ear muffs on while daddy cleans the yard!🍂
Making time for myself...to sit...and read...during the MIDDLE of the day!
You see, life’s not about doing everything well. I mean really you can’t do ALL the things annnnnd do them all well. And if you think you can or are, sister, you are for sure missing those fleeting, amazing, moments that make life so sweet!
Stop to eat your lunch (or in my case sip!)
Make time to read
Document the ordinary days
Take time to look around
Listen to the birds
Snap photos of your kids playing, dancing, fighting, singing...whatever they’re doing...document it!!
In the end, all we can take with us (and leave behind!) are memories, so go MAKE THEM....and find a way to record them so they last a lifetime! Xoxox

11/04/2018

Grocery store shenanigans with Daddy!! 😆 I love that they get this time alone together while Oliver and I are at Sunday school. 🙏🏼👩🏻‍🏫
@ Foxborough, Massachusetts

11/04/2018

RECIPE TIME!!
Friends, if you have never tried a carrot fry you are totally missing out! If you have and you didn’t like them, I’m not sure how we’re friends. 🤷🏻‍♀️Jk. 😆
these suckers are awesome! They are sweeter than a regular fry...almost like the popular alternative, the sweet potato version.
Recipe below ⬇️
Super simple + Family approved veggie = 🙌🏼
Roasted Carrot Fries
Directions:
• wash + cut a bunch* of carrots making sure they’re all about the same size
• place on a cooking sheet**
• drizzle basting oil over all carrots and coat evenly - I use my hands but tongs would work just fine too 😆
• bake for 25 min at 375 def ***
* we do 5lbs at a time cuz they reheat well!
** we prefer to use an older cooking sheet and no one that is used for cookies
*** if you don’t have as much time you can bake at 425deg for 15-20min. Regardless just keep an eye on them and give them a little stir/turn about halfway through
Enjoy and Let me know how they turn out!!

11/03/2018

You’re life is what you make it! — Rachel Hollis (and prob loads of other influential and also no-name peoole!)
Gosh i wish I was as happy right now as I was a few hours ago, when I snapped this pic after my workout. I felt accomplished and was ready to tackle the day.
Then the day got...boring and sad...and honestly Right now I’m just plain lazy and just wanted to hang out with my boys but they’re at the barber shop. AGAIN! They left while i was about halfway through my 30 min workout and waited@for a while. In fact they waited so long they had to leave juiuuust before it was their turn cuz lacrosse was starting shortly.
I met them at lacrosse hopeful that they were all set and ready to enjoy the rest of the day together. Well. As you already know THAT didn’t happen.
I almost didn’t drive to lacrosse - ya know the 2 min drive can be a doozy sometimes!! - cuz i didn’t feel like fighting to get my daughter in the car.
But it worked out well cuz she got to run around with a sweet friend of hers and I got to chat with a fellow grieving mama. 💔
I was looking forward to watching my little dude having a blast and was excited when he ran over to chug some water before darting back on the field. But i was a bit more glad@to continue what was a really authentic and helpful conversation with this woman that i thought had it all together. I mean she’s not falling apart, nor am I, but to be able to cry together and have comfort that we are sharing a similar pain. Like a really similar lain is....helpful....it’s comforting.
So As weird as it sounds tho, i didn’t pay attention to my son, or his sister.....like at all.... and the best part is that I didn’t have to. Thank you for giving me what I need when i need it.
Now get home with that little man of ours so i can talk with you and plan out our afternoon and make chocolate chip cookie dough balls cuz this mama needs a no-carb treat that will fit nicely into her meal plan!!!
While i wait, I’m gonna dive into my grief book cuz i think that’s what this mama needs right now. My life IS what i make it...and I’m not gonna stay sitting here, wishing for something any longer.

11/03/2018

...Did you know?...
➡️I love to travel
➡️I have only once had my makeup professional done...and it wasn’t on my wedding day
➡️I have a skin pigment “issue” that flares up every now and then
In 2003 I traveled to Brasil 🇧🇷 to visit my HS exchange student (who became a sister to me💞). While there I recognized my true love for travel and learned my mom had cancer, for the first time. 💜😇..since then I have visited 5 other countries!
Last month I earned an all expense paid trip to an AMAZING house, if you can call it that!, in Lake Lanier, GA. It was there that I met some of the ladies that share my love of health and fitness....some of the ladies in my tribe, my sisterhood! Annnnd it was there that I had my makeup done professionally, like eye lashes and everything! Dang!!! I felt like a legit and actually a bit like a princess if I’m being honest!
Yeeeeeah that last one. Ugh. It tugs at my heart big time cuz it just makes me so self conscious. In fact, it’s prob why I don’t think I’ve wanted to take or share progress pics lately...cuz my shoulders, back and now part of my chest look like reverse freckles or something! I noticed it the summer after college around the same time I started gaining wait and feeling sick after every meal. Yup....I should def call the dermatologist...like tomorrow. Or at this point on Monday. Last I heard “it’s not Michael Jackson disease”! Ohh ok. Sweet?!
Sooo tell me....do you love to travel, or ever been pampered and felt like a princess, or have something you’d like to change about your body but aren’t sure how to do so?!?

11/02/2018

If you need me I’ll be chillin with my peeps today. BOTH of them!!
Not gonna lie I was really excited when my hubby woke me up at 8am, as he was leaving for work, and told me that the power was out at preschool and Oliver had to stay home. Ahhhhhh I LOVE my little man so much and we [lil sis and I] miss him so much during the day so it was a fun surprise to be able to hang with him all day!
And yes, you read that right...my eyes officially opened for the day at 8am...which was necessary and also not normal but neither was last night! Let’s just say I stayed up late prepping for my November virtual boot camps and little miss didn’t wanna go back to sleep (at least not in her own room!) at 230am! I’ll spare you the details, cuz you prob know them anyways!
As for my little man starting home@today, that’s a fluke and he’s not sick. 🤔 Much to our surprise, early this morning we got an email that the power was out at Oliver's school so he had to stay home. Of course, as i write this we have now been informed it is back on but we all had it set in our hearts (and minds) that he was stayin home, so that’s what’s gonna happen!!
So today might be a bit diff than I had envisioned but that’s just how things go when you’re a stay at home...work from home mama... and i wouldn’t want it any other way!
Alright now off to finish up today’s house chore - just one per day...that’s the new plan - and plug into work before I press play on Day 19 of 80. It’s leg day which is always sure to make me sweat!
Happy Fri-yay friends! Hope yours is going as planned....or not....either way it’s perfectly imperfect, right?!

11/01/2018

One of the best ways to make yourself happy in the present is to reflect on happy times from the past.

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