These are the profiles that gave us our first glance at one another. Each image chosen carefully. Each word trying to emphasize one thing or another. Strangers meeting online and these two just happen to find their partner. How lucky are we? Looking back on these, it’s hard to recognize these two people. They seemContinue reading “2 years later”
Author Archives: Erika Hopkins
In an effort to be more vulnerable with you, I wanted to share something about my life and what I’ve been doing lately. It’s nothing radical… it’s actually something I’ve done many times in the past. Motivated not only by my wedding in October but also how uncomfortable I’ve been in my own body forContinue reading
Reflections: Being without Social Media
It’s hard to believe that it’s been an entire month (Jan 7th-Feb. 7th) without seeing facebook posts or reading my twitter timeline. I have to say that it’s been wonderful and frustrating at different times throughout the process. Most of the time I have enjoyed freedom from comparison and have felt much less depressed thanContinue reading “Reflections: Being without Social Media”
La La La
This past week R and I had the chance to see “La La Land” after some pleading on my part, and I have to say I have mixed feelings. Walking into the movie I had very high hopes because I love musicals and Ryan Gosling so I figured this would be a homerun for me.Continue reading “La La La”
Taking a Break
Hello friends. It’s been quite a ride since we last spoke. The holidays hit with a bang and now we’re here in January. It’s 2017! Finally a new year filled with new hopes. I have a lot that I want to accomplish and experience in 2017, but I keep feeling like time is slipping awayContinue reading “Taking a Break”
Elected.
This will most likely be a similar post to others you’ve read by now from those of us shocked at the election results. I don’t have any new insights (I wish I did) and I don’t have any particularly encouraging words of wisdom (I wish I had some of these too). I spent the dayContinue reading “Elected.”
Unrecognizable Faith
There are so many topics, emotions, and opinions running through my mind and it’s hard to formulate them all in a way that makes sense to anyone outside of my brain. As I thought about what may connect these seemingly unconnected feelings, something did emerge: I’m having a hard time associating with the faith that I have held sinceContinue reading “Unrecognizable Faith”
Can’t Stop this 30
In August I left my 20s behind and entered what is most definitely the oldest age I have ever been…I’m 30 years old. I’ve never put much thought into getting older or what it “means” but this I found myself feeling different. 30 is a big number and it holds a lot more weight in my mind than previousContinue reading “Can’t Stop this 30”
Hi my name is Erika and I struggle with social media envy. It’s hard to start a post with such a personal confession but I think that as more and more social media outlets emerge, this feeling is becoming more common. You check your Facebook timeline and see all of the fun things your friends areContinue reading
Engagement Story
On May 29th, R and I had planned on celebrating our One Year anniversary. One of our favorite places to go and walk around is the lighthouse in Palos Verdes so we planned to go there and have dinner at our favorite Mexican place afterwards. Little did I know there was an ulterior plan for howContinue reading “Engagement Story”
Everyday Erika 