I walked into Publix for shrimp and left carrying something I didn't put in my cart. Two teenagers chose orchids for their mother, and something cracked open in my chest — the hole I thought I had filled. Or maybe run from. Mother's Day has a way of finding what you've been outrunning. This year, it found me in the floral section, one grocery store run away from the longing for my son to come.

I'm great at telling myself what to do—terrible at actually doing it. At 42, I can give away everything and move to a new country without blinking, but trying a new restaurant solo? That feels like moving a mountain. My cousin Mirella called me out: "HOW are you making change happen? What actions are you actually taking?" I had no answer. Just more research, more plans, more knowing. That's when I realized I needed structure for the doing part—something simple enough that I couldn't overthink my way out of it. Enter: my 3 Things a Week framework. Three small actions from seven areas of life. No perfection required. Just consistent movement toward the woman I'm becoming. Because here's the truth: we all know what we need to do. The gap isn't in the knowing—it's in the doing. And that gap? That's where this framework lives.