For many of us, summer is the time of year we most look forward to due to its never-ending supply of sunny days and outdoor fun and feelings of freedom and play and relaxation. As a (former) teacher, summers took on an even more special tone, as they were literally what helped me regain my …
Throughout my life, I’ve loved hearing stories about people who had an out-of-this-world passion for something–people who felt like they’d discovered their “calling” in life, and who subsequently did whatever it took to chase after that passion. I would guess that most people have a similar affinity for these types of stories, maybe because they …
Well, here we are–another month over, another 10 on 10 post (and I, once again, am a little late to the show, this time due to a hair appointment yesterday an hour’s drive south for me, which somehow basically took up our whole day). To say that this summer has been passing by insanely fast …
We just got back from a whirlwind of a weekend, which included a wedding, a photo shoot, and a baby blessing, all of which led to me taking around 1,000 pictures in a 48-hour span. And you know what I didn’t realize until it was basically too late? There were almost no photos of my …
I thought once I got back down to my regular size that my style would pick up right where I’d left off, with everything belted and at least a few layers to switch things up and a pair of colorful heels a few times a week (not too mention the hairstyle-rotation thing I used to …
It is a truth sometimes acknowledged by the more optimistic among us that the best vacations always contain an element of surprise, an experience that seems somewhat (or completely) awful at the time, but that turns into one of the fondest moments of spontaneity from the whole trip. That’s why, years down the road, Matt …
Lately, I’ve seen a lot of posts from parents that basically all say that traveling with kids is the pits: no rest, no relaxation, no fun–just supervision and crankiness and stress the vast majority of the time. (Or my own personal favorite: “Let’s get real–it’s really only a vacation for the kids.”) I get it. …
Yesterday we got back from spending a week out in forested, cabin-filled, wildlife-everywhere-you-turn paradise, and it was awe-inspiring and creativity-fueling and (surprisingly) body-rejuvenating while still being stuffed full of memories of family and adventure and just a wee bit of craziness. In other words, it was everything a vacation should be. And, while I can’t …
