This year felt really hard in a lot of ways. And I don’t know about you but the hard things overshadow the good things a lot of the time. And the daily joys, the little things get forgotten quickly when we move through the months and the seasons that it all just feels like a […]
I read a LOT as a kid and teen. And somewhere along the way in my 20’s and beyond I guess I stopped?Except for the Twilight trilogy - for some reason I squeezed that one into my life and will stand by it being the masterpiece that it is. Eventually motherhood came along and there […]
I’m experiencing a space in motherhood that I haven’t heard anyone talk about before. I keep saying that it feels like when we hear empty-nesters talk about when the kids are grown and move out there’s a rediscovery of who you are and what you do without them there. I’m far from that moment. But […]
If that doesn’t sound like a blog name from 2010 I don’t know what does. The other day my 7 year old came home from school telling me that they had to list their favorite things and he said his favorite food was cinnamon buns. Something we rarely buy and I usually only make at […]
What does joy look like? Joy is a quiet moment all alone. Just me and my thoughts. Joy is a chaotic house when the kids burst in the front door after school with so much to say. Joy is a sweet, hot latte with caramel-y foam and long, slow sips. Joy is fizzy lime water […]
I used to have a lifestyle blog. It was 2014 I was newly married, living in a new city and craving a creative outlet for myself. Ironically I was already a “creative” - I'm a photographer! But at that time I was mostly photographing big events and conferences. Corporate dudes in suits in big office […]