Monique Seitz-Davis | Wit & Delight | Designing a Life Well-Lived https://witanddelight.com/author/moniquesietzdavis/ A Lifestyle Blog Wed, 21 Jun 2023 17:33:01 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.1 Let It Grow: Top 10 Gardening Tips for Beginners https://witanddelight.com/2020/06/let-it-grow-top-10-gardening-tips-for-beginners/ https://witanddelight.com/2020/06/let-it-grow-top-10-gardening-tips-for-beginners/#comments Sat, 27 Jun 2020 15:00:00 +0000 https://witanddelight.com/?p=56763 We're sharing ten tips for gardening like a pro from contributor Monique Seitz-Davis. We hope you find her words helpful and applicable to all your future planting endeavors.

Have a good weekend folks.

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]]> https://witanddelight.com/2020/06/let-it-grow-top-10-gardening-tips-for-beginners/feed/ 1 When You Know You Know https://witanddelight.com/2020/01/when-you-know-you-know-2/ https://witanddelight.com/2020/01/when-you-know-you-know-2/#comments Sat, 25 Jan 2020 16:00:00 +0000 https://witanddelight.com/?p=28575 I like love. I like that love is goofy and versatile; fun and sneaky; special and messy; exhausting, yet beautiful and kind. What impresses me the most is how unique love can be and how love grows even more unique as the years go by. It’s pretty sticky-sweet to think of love as a personal […]

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]]> https://witanddelight.com/2020/01/when-you-know-you-know-2/feed/ 13 This is What a Feminist Looks Like https://witanddelight.com/2018/11/what-feminist-looks-like/ https://witanddelight.com/2018/11/what-feminist-looks-like/#comments Thu, 08 Nov 2018 16:00:03 +0000 https://witanddelight.com/?p=28290 Hi. My name is Monique. I’m 5’3” with black hair and hazel eyes. I’m a bit of a sensitive soul and stubborn as a mule. I have three chickens, two dogs, and a loving, wonderful husband. Together we share finances and own a home. I struggle with body dysmorphia and am a survivor of sexual […]

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]]> https://witanddelight.com/2018/11/what-feminist-looks-like/feed/ 4 10 Ways to Set Intentions While Grieving https://witanddelight.com/2018/10/setting-intentions-while-grieving/ https://witanddelight.com/2018/10/setting-intentions-while-grieving/#comments Mon, 29 Oct 2018 15:00:36 +0000 https://witanddelight.com/?p=30915 Perspective is everything. Perspective keeps you in check, sheds light on unseen features, and endeavors you to seek inspiration. Perspective also circumnavigates intention. But… grief has a way of robbing you of it and everything else in-between. When grieving, perspective (and thus intention) becomes hard to maintain. It feels unwieldy, erratic, and painful. Perspective ends […]

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]]> https://witanddelight.com/2018/10/setting-intentions-while-grieving/feed/ 1 The Sum of Many Parts: Memories & Life Lessons From My Stepmom https://witanddelight.com/2018/09/memories-and-life-lessons-from-my-stepmom/ https://witanddelight.com/2018/09/memories-and-life-lessons-from-my-stepmom/#comments Mon, 03 Sep 2018 15:00:29 +0000 https://witanddelight.com/?p=30216 Work by Lourdes Sanchez As of late, I find myself holding tight to memories of Gwynne, my stepmom. The arguments, holidays, family outings, and (oh-so-frequent) teaching moments. The feeling of her hand holding mine or the way she looked at my dad with unconditional love and adoration. Every open space in my house has become […]

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]]> https://witanddelight.com/2018/09/memories-and-life-lessons-from-my-stepmom/feed/ 8 Let It Grow: Top 10 Gardening Tips for Beginners https://witanddelight.com/2018/07/gardening-tips-for-beginners/ https://witanddelight.com/2018/07/gardening-tips-for-beginners/#comments Tue, 10 Jul 2018 15:00:13 +0000 https://witanddelight.com/?p=28915 In my humble opinion, one of life’s greatest rewards is eating a sun-warmed cherry tomato straight off the vine. Between the immediate-snack-satisfaction, snappy exterior, and subtly rich flavors, it’s hard to go wrong with such a gratifying experience—especially when you’re the mastermind behind its growth and splendor. That said, you can garden all you want […]

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]]> https://witanddelight.com/2018/07/gardening-tips-for-beginners/feed/ 4 Compassion as Contribution – What I Learned from Watching Queer Eye https://witanddelight.com/2018/05/compassion-as-contribution/ https://witanddelight.com/2018/05/compassion-as-contribution/#comments Thu, 03 May 2018 15:00:59 +0000 https://witanddelight.com/?p=27867 It’s been a bit of a rough go in the past, oh, year—maybe more. And I’d venture to say that the world needs a little bit of love and laughter—maybe even a little bit of compassion, humanity, and a genuine emphasis on self-care. So when Netflix announced that they were going to re-release Queer Eye, I […]

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]]> https://witanddelight.com/2018/05/compassion-as-contribution/feed/ 2 Getting to Know Fear https://witanddelight.com/2018/04/getting-to-know-fear/ https://witanddelight.com/2018/04/getting-to-know-fear/#comments Thu, 05 Apr 2018 15:00:07 +0000 https://witanddelight.com/?p=27687 I’m going to preface this post with the following statement: I had no idea how much fear I had in my life. Fear was not on my radar—whatsoever. I mean, I knew I had hang-ups. You know, the usual suspects: fear of failure, fear of not being enough, fear of being too much. But I chalked […]

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]]> https://witanddelight.com/2018/04/getting-to-know-fear/feed/ 5 Our February Writers Prompt Selection: Learning to Love the Unknown https://witanddelight.com/2018/02/february-writers-prompt-selection-learning-love-unknown/ https://witanddelight.com/2018/02/february-writers-prompt-selection-learning-love-unknown/#comments Thu, 22 Feb 2018 16:00:53 +0000 https://witanddelight.com/?p=26868 Turn the radio on and you’ve got yourself a myriad of love ballads to choose from. Some of them are the drippy, sappy kind that stick to your bones; others are angry, red-hot with resentment. But, some of the best ones out there are those that aren’t explicitly about romance. Joni Mitchell’s “Big Yellow Taxi” […]

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