happy anniversary, mom & dad!
Today is my parents’ 30th wedding anniversary. They were college sweethearts and married young, right out of college — two years younger than I am now. I feel so grateful to have them as parents — I...
View Articleyear of kindness challenge: week 5
Happy Monday, everyone! I’ve heard that it takes four weeks of a behavior before it really becomes a habit. Perhaps that is true, because these kindness challenges are becoming a habit — one that I am...
View Articleyear of kindness challenge: week 24
Hi, friends! I’m feeling under the weather, but fortunately my family is taking such good care of me. I’m a lucky girl. My brother spent the whole afternoon on the couch with me, watching a marathon...
View Articleyear of kindness challenge: week 31
Hi, friends! How has your Monday been? Mine has been productive and happy so far. Lots of fruits & veggies eaten; a great convo with my brother about his awesome first day of business school; many...
View Articlea thank-you note to the universe
Dear Universe, You really outdid yourself with my thirtieth birthday. It was one of the most special days weeks {I mean seriously, whose birthday celebration lasts multiple weeks??} of my life. It was...
View Articlethe {un}luckiest day
I. December 23, 2017 was one of the unluckiest days of my life. I was six weeks and two days pregnant, and Allyn and I could not have been more excited. We had been hoping and praying for a baby, and...
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