This year I realized that having a baby is a bit like a baptism – the old me is gone, and I am made new. My body alone tells a story of what this year held. What the world picked apart and called imperfect has been restored and made whole again. My self-worth was brought […]
Through pregnancy and this first year of parenting, we’ve heard a lot of advice and cautionary tales, warning us of what to expect. Seasoned paroents sharing stories, attempting to vet us and prepare us, I suppose. However, it did everything but prepare us, and in the end, it left us questioning why these “been there, […]
2016, you were a trip. We had a rough start (thanks to morning sickness), but the most beautiful ending. We’ve never been happier. You were the longest year (I think I was pregnant for 900 months), but also the shortest year (how did I become a momma SO FAST??). You were an emotionally exhausting 12 […]
2015, you exhausted us. Well, at least, me. I think I felt the happiest I can remember ever feeling, but also, maybe the saddest that I’ve ever felt. It’s crazy how you managed to squeeze so much emotion into 365 days. We left some of our dearest friends in Kansas City, which broke our hearts, […]
We started 2014 completely differently than we had any other year – apart. I was celebrating with family in the correct timezone, and the boss was on the couch in Kansas, most likely engulfed in a Netflix original. Needless to say, 2014 wasn’t our biggest beginning. But that’s because it saved all of its excitement for the […]
So, I photographed my house last week (here. and here.). If you saw those posts, you probably saw the thermos in the photos. For probably 20 years, it was my dad’s, and he recently decided to throw it out. Thank GOODNESS I was home when it happened. Me: “MOM! Why is dad’s thermos in […]
“a sister is a little bit of childhood that can never be lost” -Marion C. Garretty I have a dang good family. That’s something that I don’t always recognize, but living away from home has made that point more and more clear to me. Unfortunately, this same realization is always accompanied with a short bout […]
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For a couple of years now, Septembers have been intense months for me… this is a post meant to mark the realization of that. It’s not often that I post something that really won’t connect with readers, but this might be one of those times, so thanks for hanging in there while I timestamp these thoughts about […]
Last year, one of my favorite people gifted me with a coffee cup that was inscribed with a longtime favorite statement of mine. “Stop the glorification of busy.” I absolutely don’t want to glorify or celebrate being busy – it’s not really something I want to be or like to be. At just about […]
2013, you were an intense year. You didn’t come in quietly – between celebrating your arrival with friends and then moving hours and hours away within days of you showing up, you shouted your way into our lives. And you didn’t stop with those beginnings. You kept the life change and life lessons coming. You […]
I spent an incredible week back in the place of my roots earlier this month, and it was exactly what my soul and spirit needed. I’ve been in a pretty heavy season of growth and change, and it’s one of those rare times where I know it’s happening. What’s typical (for me) is to feel […]
Last year, I posted about how amazing the year was. Because it was. The. Bomb. The year before, I posted about how wonderful December 2010 was. And it was completely, sweep-me-off-my-feet wonderful. This year, I can’t even give you words to describe how I feel. Except to say that 2012 and I… we’re besties. “Besties” […]
I’ve got some news for you. But, first, a timeline: 2006: the boss and I got married and moved from Indiana to Kentucky. 2007: we moved. 2008: we moved again. 2009: we moved. AGAIN. 2010: we had been unemployed for a year, and hurriedly took a job that wasn’t quite right. we ended up moving […]