This wasn’t originally the post I’d planned to publish today, but I had the unexpected (and happy) surprise of being able to get together with some of my old college roommates today for lunch (see pic below), so the longer post I had planned will just have to wait until the new year to …
The first holiday season that Matt and I were married, I remember being a little overwhelmed by all the people everywhere when we went to his huge family functions—I remember particularly that after our first Thanksgiving together, I had to escape outside and take an hour-long walk by myself in the snow to be free …
The longer you’re married to someone, the fewer surprises there tend to be, simply because you come to know the other person so well that you can often anticipate their next move, their daily routine, and even sometimes what they’re about to say. But one thing I’ve always loved about Matt is that he does …
As today (and the rest of this weekend, obviously) is going to be so busy with last-minute gift wrapping and meal prep and white-elephant-finding, I’m going to make this post short and sweet. I hope you and yours have a joyous Christmas holiday this weekend, and I hope you find some quiet moments to yourself …
2016 was a huge reading year for me—in fact, it’s the biggest reading year I’ve had as an adult since I started faithfully tracking all my books (back in 2011). Ranking books is always a hard process because different books bring up different feelings and fulfill different needs, but I decided to pick the top …
I usually wait until the last week of the year before posting how I did on my new year’s resolutions, but my answers won’t change much whether I do it now or wait, so I figured I should just do it today since I’m not in much of a photo-editing mood, and this post is …
I think sometimes people (myself included) forget that even though you might have an “easy” (or a “happy” or “good-natured”) child, that same child is still entitled to her fair share of hard moments, toddler meltdowns, and general whiny-ness. And that those moments are okay. They are normal. They are part of growing up. As …
a picture of me right now Time I woke up: 7 A.M. (a little early for me–normally I wake up closer to 8) First thing I did upon waking: said a prayer, then sneaked into the bathroom as quietly as possible so as not to wake up Raven Current weather: snowing (and pretty hard, too) …
