I'm not here to point fingers, to say what's wrong or right (psychologically speaking that's something we start working on as toddlers so at this point when it comes to most adults, as they say, the "ship has sailed"). I'm here to share some stories. Perhaps to some of you stories don't matter. To me - it's the only thing that matters. When...
^ these two, my heart can't handle all the LOVE!! ^ ^ slowly changing this from a china cabinet to a craft cabinet ^ ^ blocks on blocks on blocks, all day, every day ^ ^ look at all those yummy eggs!! our girls are so good to us ^ ^ BAM! ^ ^ something old, something new + something blue ^ We've had...
January is winding down and the grass is pushing through the cold ground, the finches and the sparrows are singing their springtime song and the bright sun reminds us of the warmth just around the corner. But today? Today is cold, frigid even if you stand with your face against the wind. The sun is bright and I'm relishing this quiet time. Birdie...
We're past the halfway mark of January and the new year and everything that's wrapped into it has begun to blossom. I have welcomed this quiet, cold and at times lonely month. I've been spending the last few weeks preparing our home, my business and myself for the coming year. We've been cleaning, organizing, reading, writing, dreaming and creating and it feels good....
Volume ix, it's kind of crazy to think I've almost done ten of these. Here we are five months after my last taking stock post and although on the surface things haven't changed that much I feel like our life is in fact very different. There's a palpable new energy in the air and for the first time in a while I'm finding...
I shared a little bit about my "health crisis" so to speak on instagram the other day. Basically I've had recurring tonsilitis every two months this past year. I've done more rounds of antibiotics than I can count and I end up sick almost every month. I feel horrible - run-down, no energy and subsist on coffee and my kid's leftovers. I do...
Some of you know that we've had a slew of health issues with Teddy since his birth - GERD, dairy protein intolerance and weight loss. We're in a better place now then we've probably ever been but there's a lot of "maintenance" required and a lot of doctor's appointments. We decided to finally meet with a nutritionist this week to see if we...
I'm usually the kind of person that tries to hang on to christmas well past when it's socially acceptable. I've been known to keep a tree up into the second week of january and sometimes the holiday china doesn't go back into storage until the first buds make their appearance on branches outside. But this year feels different. Perhaps because for the first...
This past year our sweet little Birdie girl turned FOUR!! I can hardly believe it. It seems like only yesterday that she was a chubby little babe snoozing on my chest but here we are... A year away from kindergarten and a year away from that tether being stretched a bit longer beyond my reach. We celebrated Birdie exactly how she wanted -...
We woke the morning of the last day of 2016 and held our breath. Last year that evening began with a visit to the ER and proved to foreshadow the rest of the year. It was a heavy heartbreaking year, the kind that leaves you with many more questions than answers. So we were apprehensive of how the day would unfold to say...
