It’s been a very full month, full of lots of ups and downs and some great times with family and friends. Most of the big things will eventually get their own posts with their own pictures, but I’m trying to keep these 10 on 10 posts centered around the daily little moments I don’t want …
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Whenever something terrible happens (especially something unexpected), I am not one to flee into the dregs of doubt or anger or even the common “Why me?” way of thinking. I usually am quick to accept, quick to cling to my faith, and quick to try and move on with the new reality. While I’ve …
Things you’ll most likely never hear a woman say pretty much ever: “Bangs are just soooo easy to style and take care of!” “I love how great my bangs look while I’m trying to grow them out!” and “I have never, EVER regretted getting bangs.” The fact is, bangs take a lot of maintenance, styling, …
A couple of years ago, to save ourselves space, sanity, and money, I made an important decision— I was only going to let myself buy books that fit one of the following three criteria: A) Books I have read and loved and planned to reread again (usually nonfiction, since there are very few fiction titles …
I once read a blog post a long time ago (and of course, I can’t for the life of me remember where) that people tend to fall between two tendencies—the tendency to favor work, or the tendency to favor play. For those who favor play, it’s best that their to-do list comprises items that …
For the first time since we found out Matt’s Dad was in the ER back in January, I went a whole week without blogging. I think that’s kind of how it is, though— I post the initial post about what’s going on (see exhibit A about Matt’s Dad and exhibit B about my miscarriage), …
Before I go into any other thoughts I had today, I wanted to thank everyone who has sent love and support and prayers our way since I posted about our miscarriage. While it’s still not the path we wanted, we feel very fortunate to be surrounded by so many people both in “real life” …
