I don’t really write here anymore, at least for now. As Ben got older I started working part-time, and now we’ve added Little Brother, and life feels very full. 🙂 Speaking of little brothers, I’m here to write Luca’s birth story in honor of his 1st birthday. I’m not always great at documenting the cute…
What I’m Into Lately
Hello and happy spring! I haven’t written here in awhile. I feel inspired today for the first time in a long while. Not only do I love to write, but I need to write for the sake of my soul. It keeps me healthy. And yet seasons come along sometimes that require so much of…
What I’m Into…May 2017
I’m excited to link up with Leigh for her monthly “What I’m Into” series and share what I’ve been into this past month. I LOVE this month, and this year it did not disappoint. I always thought I’d like to have an outdoor wedding in May. Then Bryan proposed in May, and I thought, “Do I…
What I’m Into…April 2017
I’m finally joining the link up with Leigh to talk about what I’ve been into this past month. What fun! In April I finished four books and actually enjoyed all of them. I read My Life in France for an awesome new book club and was completely captivated by Julia’s spirit of determination and deep…
Where Did the Spark Start?
Has anyone ever asked you what makes you come alive? I’ve been thinking lately about vocation. Many people are able to look back and see clues from their childhood pointing to their eventual profession. Sometimes it’s an easy connection to make. My sister, for example, was always getting in trouble for making a mural on her…
Amen
I want to get better at prayer. I just finished Help, Thanks, Wow: The Three Essential Prayers, by Anne Lamott, and I basically wanted to take a highlighter to every page. Although I found myself identifying with a lot of her thoughts on spirituality, relationships, nature, etc., her ability to be in the moment was both…
Oh Hey!
Over the past year, I have been humbled, surprised and honestly downright flabbergasted to see this blog continue to accumulate followers in spite of the radio silence. I’m thrilled if anything I’ve written here has resonated with you, and I appreciate you taking the time to read. I am admittedly not great at being disciplined…
My Word for 2016
In 2015, I focused on savor. 2014 was about the word grow. 2013 was a year to celebrate. This year I’ve chosen the most challenging word yet. I’m taking grow a step further and focusing on the word deeper. To be honest, it makes me a little nervous. I still feel some resistance to this word,…
Looking Back on My Word for 2015
I never wrote about my word for 2015, although I did choose one. It was probably the most emotional, life-changing year I’d have thus far. I didn’t write much at all in 2015, because I was busy living life as fully as I could. I was tired with the pregnancy and, later, with a new…
Nothing Gold Can Stay
Nothing Gold Can Stay Nature’s first green is gold, Her hardest hue to hold. Her early leaf’s a flower; But only so an hour. Then leaf subsides to leaf. So Eden sank to grief, So dawn goes down to day. Nothing gold can stay. -Robert Frost I love this poem, and I always think about…
Spring is in the World 