Sea Salt Caramel Truffle Blondies

I hope you're still enjoying fall treats because I've got more coming! These blondies aren't fall-themed in flavor, necessarily, but throw some spoopy eye candies into the mix and - BOOM! - you've got a Halloween dessert with minimal effort!

A Letter to My Lost Baby (Pregnancy & Infant Loss Awareness Month)

There is something very different I want to share today and it doesn't involve delicious cookies or a new outfit. It isn't an easy story to share but it is important to share it. My little peanuts, I want to talk about Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Month and help open up a very needed discussion for women everywhere. Did you know that 1 in 4 women will lose a baby during pregnancy, delivery, or infancy? Well, I am the 1 in 4.

I debated for weeks about whether or not I'd share my story on the blog at all and make it public but I recently joined a support group to navigate through this experience and we had a conversation about giving our losses a purpose and breaking down barriers around miscarriages in honor of the babies we lost. We talked about how we have all involuntarily become warriors for pregnancy and infant loss and how it has sort of become our mission to talk about our lost babies and hopefully bring this insanely common nightmare to the surface and show others that it is OKAY to talk about it. It is OKAY to feel things about it. It is OKAY to share your experiences. It is NOT something we have to hide. Because miscarriages (and infant loss) are way more common than you think and yet no one knows it because we are all made to feel as though we shouldn't talk about it. So when I saw that October is Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Month, I decided to share after all.

Something Witchy This Way Comes... (Lindy Bop)

I've been meaning to expand my fall/Halloween wardrobe ever since we moved in June and I realized how nice my Christmas/winter collection had become and how wimpy my spooky attire was. Sure, Christmas and winter is my favorite time of year, but I also love Halloween time and love everything spoopy!