Swooning Maruca

The struggle is real, y’all! I want to be make better food choices but I enjoy eating sooo… here’s a healthy alternative to chocolate chip cookies: Air fryer breakfast cookies Ingredients: - 1/2 cup oats - 1/2 mashed banana - 3/4 scoop vanilla protein powder - 1-2 tsp brown sugar (you can adjust based on your sweetness preference) - 2 tsp coconut oil - Sprinkle of cinnamon - Optional: chocolate chips or raisins Directions: - Preheat air fryer to 325°F - Mix together all ingredients except for chocolate chips and raisins - On a small sheet of parchment paper that can fit into your air fryer, form dough into a ball and press down to make a cookie. Top with chocolate chips or raisins - Air fry for ~ 5 min (cooking time may vary depending on your air fryer) If you're making this in an oven, you can try cooking at 350°F for 6 min - this is just an approximation so cook until the cookie is golden brown! #cookies #foodporn #chocolatechip https://www.instagram.com/p/CoNgVfpO9j4/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Baz, Twenty three years ago today you came into this world and sweetened up my life. You have brought such joy into my life that I would ask for nothing more, except for the Lord to continue blessing you. It amazes me how time flies. To be frank, to this day, I have not gotten over the fact that you are now an adult, ready to take on the world. You have grown up to be a fine man, and I can’t be more proud. You live in a world that makes it hard, and sometimes nearly impossible, to find peace, and that is not your fault. So if it feels challenging to find a quiet moment away from the noise, or a moment of rest where you don’t feel guilty about not doing something. Be gentle with yourself as you learn to navigate through this harsh world driven by the pursuit of power, validation, instant gratification, sex, fame, and fortune. Take comfort in the certainty that I will always be watching over you. Not too far to be deaf to your call, but not too close to oversee your every step. I’ll always love you. Wishing you a wonderful birthday! Mom #birthday #happybirthday #son #23rdbirthday https://www.instagram.com/p/CnPs3FluzHf/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Birthdays roll around once a year. Like it or not, every 365 days we add another number to our age. For years, when we are kids, we can't wait to get older. As we move into early adulthood, that eagerness begins to wane. Sometime around 30 the groans begin. Before you know it, you're 40, and then 40something . . . I've always considered age nothing but a number, it truly is about how you feel. With 50 as my next approaching number in a short 365 days, I'd be lying if I told you I haven't considered what getting "older" means to me and how it makes me feel. Want to know a secret? I feel pretty good about heading into the second half of my life. A few more aches and pains and a lot more gray hair, but grateful. #thisis49 #birthday #birthdaygirl #grateful https://www.instagram.com/p/CmWz6syu_pm/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Another relaxing #caturday (at Parkville, Missouri) https://www.instagram.com/p/CiWQbFAOF_R/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Está bien sentir TODOS tus Sentimientos. Está bien encontrar algunos días difíciles. Está bien ir lento, detenerte, recuperarte. Cuida de ti - Espiritu, alma, mente, cuerpo + 💜 https://www.instagram.com/p/ChahilvPkB-/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Sitting on the floor while Butter naps… #catlife #catsofinstagram #catparentproblems (at Kansas City, Missouri) https://www.instagram.com/p/ChQXORMOdgn/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Just a bit fun… #vargaphotography #hotrod #mona (at Kansas City, Missouri) https://www.instagram.com/p/CgGPoUNuo8d/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Happy Mothers Day all the types of Mommas! Today can be really quite fraught with complex triggers for many. I see you and send you love and grace. ❤️💐❤️💐❤️ (at Parkville, Missouri) https://www.instagram.com/p/CdUBOPvuQhR/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Chorizo and egg burger with air fried zucchini for brunch. 🤤 #recipes #mexicanfood #chorizo #burger (at Parkville, Missouri) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cb2_kLDOUTR/?utm_medium=tumblr

The sun does arise, And make happy the skies. The merry bells ring To welcome the spring. The skylark and thrush, The birds of the bush, Sing louder around, To the bells' cheerful sound, While our sports shall be seen On the echoing green. - Excerpt of William Blake's "The Echoing Green," (at Parkville, Missouri) https://www.instagram.com/p/CbVhLQxO4DL/?utm_medium=tumblr

This image and the accompanying email from @jayshetty truly resonated with me. You like to think big. Big dreams, big ideas, big expectations, and sometimes… big disappointment. Abundance doesn’t always appear in the way you think it should. It’s easy to feel heavy with longing when life doesn’t play out like you imagined. What’s important here is to choose gratitude above all else. Gratitude asks you to push your disappointment aside. To gently hold what’s in front of you, even when you don’t want to. To understand that the more love you feel for your life, the more it will open to goodness. Life gives you exactly what you need, at the precise moment you need it. This is true abundance. Do you feel that? I sure did... #gratitude #hereandnow #abundance #growth (at Parkville, Missouri) https://www.instagram.com/p/CZPTHahuphA/?utm_medium=tumblr

Every birthday you have gives me something new to think about, and turning 22 years old is no different.  This year I wish you courage and integrity, grit, and buoyancy. I wish that your wonderfully tender heart continues to stay attune to the needs of others. Embrace vulnerability; practice generosity; own your mistakes and instead of seeing these as failures view them as opportunities for growth. My Boy, our culture has strange ideas for how we idealize masculinity and success and I wish for you that you see beyond it to the wide horizon of what it means to be fully alive. Be humble. Respect women. Tell the truth. Apologize. Forgive. No one can steal your joy, and don’t let anyone dull your shine. Let your uniqueness shine through. Measure your life not on worldly metrics of success but on a life of genuine joy and excessive kindness. Trust that the Lord who began a good work in you will be faithful to complete it.  Wishing you a wonderful birthday! #happybirthday #son #22ndbirthday #lovemom (at Parkville, Missouri) https://www.instagram.com/p/CYjl6M-OM4i/?utm_medium=tumblr

The journey of life hasn’t always been smooth but as I look back today I am grateful for the Lord’s mercy and grace. Grateful for His sovereign arrangement and guiding me every step of the way. Here’s to a life we’ll lived. Happy 48th birthday to me! #thisis48 #bithday #cheerstolife #celebrate #life #grateful (at Parkville, Missouri) https://www.instagram.com/p/CXq__oYuoiw/?utm_medium=tumblr

“Sometimes, we don't yet know what we want, but we are able to sense what we don't want. This is enough to guide you in the right direction. It requires openness, trust, and continued listening. It's a waiting period, and it's okay to stay there. It's not stagnancy. Just because a chrysalis is still, doesn't mean great change isn't taking place.” - @corymuscara #invisiblegrowth #change #slowbutsteady #chrysalis (at Parkville, Missouri) https://www.instagram.com/p/CW_44jZvKUE/?utm_medium=tumblr