In my childhood years, I remember summers as long, hot and humid lazy days where boredom inspired creativity—building forts and creating clubhouses with friends, playing make-believe in the fields and […]
Read MoreIf you’ve been reading here for a while, you’ll already be familiar with my yearly reflections and the setting of intentions for the year ahead. In one form or another, […]
Read MoreThe first few years Elie and I were together, we didn't exchange Christmas gifts, guided by a feeling that we already have so much. But, Christmas morning always felt like […]
Read MoreFive years ago today, I married the person I admire most in this world. One day, I will write down our love story. But for today, there are photographs. Photographs […]
Read MoreI became a mother for the first time one month before my 41st birthday. I don't know if my experience as an 'older' mother is much different from someone who […]
Read MoreI posted this on Instagram a few weeks ago, but I got so many comments, I thought it should have a permanent place here on the site. It took me […]
Read MoreOne day last fall, I was sitting in the kitchen, looking around the first floor of our house at baskets of LEGOS and blocks and drawers overflowing with trucks and […]
Read MoreThe beginning of a year always feels like such a blank slate, doesn’t it? A new notebook, a clean page, ready to be filled with the messy, beautiful, aspirational and […]
Read MoreI had planned on writing a longer, more thoughtful Christmas post, wrapping up all of my feelings about this season, this year. But here we are, on the 26th, and […]
Read MoreI can't wait for Christmas this year! I'm writing this over the Thanksgiving holiday from sunny Arizona, where we are here visiting friends. But as soon as we get home, […]
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