Last weekend I spent 4 days away from home. I flew to Dallas, Texas to catch up with a bunch of old friends, enjoy some sunshine, shop and eat amazing food. Plus I got to […]
Getting Curious In 2016
Each day is a new adventure for her. Today’s challenge? Sewing. She longs to create. To make something out of what first appears to be nothing. She builds envelops out of scrap paper, castles out […]
Why I’m Not Sending Holiday Cards This Year
In my quest to make more space in 2015, we’ve done a lot of purging in our house this year. We’re learning the art of living with less. Or at least only hanging onto and […]
Recapturing Connection: Finding Your ‘Grocery Store Friend’
We all need a support network. And our networks typically come from a variety of sources: family, self, experts, neighbors, teachers, and friends. However, I actually find the idea of BIG networks of support […]
Time To Celebrate…Ready Or Not
Last week I vulnerably shared my fear of celebration and the internal struggle that comes with the territory. So it’s only fitting that this week I step into that fear and share what I’m currently […]
Afraid to celebrate? Me too.
It’s labor day weekend, I’m at a neighbor friends house for a barbecue, the weather is amazing, the shrieks from our happy children are resounding from the lower deck, while the parents sip grown up […]
I am THAT mom (on the eve of your first day of Kindergarten)
I resisted writing this post. I was afraid to be THAT mom. The one getting all emotional about her ‘baby going to Kindergarten’. But then this week the wave of emotion hit me. My one […]
Slowing down enough to keep up. A daily commitment to myself.
Photo credit: Love Knot Photo When my good friend Shawn, asked me to take part in her book tour for the print edition of “Savoring Slow” I was honored, albeit a bit apprehensive too as […]
On goal setting, daydreaming, and making space.
As a mom, when it comes to goal setting these days, I tend to take more of a dreamers approach. Setting lofty goals and making rooms for dreams can be a super scary prospect. The […]
Finding Your Calling: 5 Questions Moms Must Ask Themselves
Finding your calling. Knowing your purpose. Discovering and uncovering that aching feeling deep inside you that there’s more to life. There has to be. We all feel that drive, that longing inside us of knowing […]