Ever since deciding to go “off-book” (or rather, “off-list”) for my reading, I’ve been reading some really GREAT stuff. (Who knew there was such gold to be found OFF of recommended reading lists?!) So, instead of a whole list of books that I’ve just felt so-so about (as in years past), the majority of the …
Years ago, I thought I thrived under the guise of busy-ness– I overplanned my days, jam-packed my schedule, and found myself frantically running around everywhere because somehow, deep down, it oddly made me feel important. Needed. Productive. Accomplished. Then I got into the whole idea of minimalism and simple living, and I started to cut …
Back before I was diagnosed with my AI disease and I was just barely starting out on my postpartum weight loss journey, I saw this pleated mint skirt online during Nordstrom’s big anniversary sale and just fell in love with it. Never mind that I’m normally too cheap to shop at Nordstrom and never mind …
When I was still young and single and slowly wising up about the Truths of Life, I stumbled across a life-changing personal revelation after pondering whether or not I should break up with my then-boyfriend. My thought process went something like the following: There isn’t really anything wrong with [Boyfriend]. There’s not really anything seriously …
When my dad called me a few weeks back asking if we would be able to make it out to Moab on a weekend getaway with him and my stepmom and the rest of my siblings, I was nothing but excited–I had wanted to go to Moab again for years, and I conveniently had enough …
So…there may or may not be 16 pictures in this post of 10 on 10. Oops. (But about 5 of them are concerning her new birthday toys, so really those should all count as one. Yeah, I know—my justification skills are amazing.) Of course, if I were really amazing, I would cut it down to …
Marriage always requires taking a risk because no matter how well you think you know someone or how long you date someone, only time and experience and the experience of a shared life will expose someone’s true character to you. Lucky for me, Matt is good and honest and true down to his core, and …
Last year on Mother’s Day, I was so new to the whole motherhood thing that I described it as feeling like I knew I was a mother, but I didn’t feel like a “Mom with a capital M” yet. Sure, I’d managed to keep us all alive for a few weeks, but I was in …
