“There are chips and meat sticks in the pantry for snacks,” my mother-in-law informed me as we settled into the beach house that would be our home for the coming week. “And ...
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Lately || October 2026
October is my favorite month of the year, for the changing of the weather (it FINALLY feels a little like fall—i.e., temps in the 70s and 80s!) and the pumpkin decor and ...
The Fallen
It’s not an easy time to be alive as a public figure. Everyone is watching, all of the time. Every outfit (lip color/face lift/botox refresh) is scrutinized; every post (like/follow/restack) is dissected; ...
Bookish Considerations: Befriending Our Books
As a student, Reading was always my favorite subject. It went by different names—sometimes it was Language Arts, sometimes we called it Literature, in High School we used the more official title ...
More Than We Can Handle
“I can handle one kid being a handful, or even two kids. I can even handle three of them. But sometimes . . . ” Luke sighed, shook his head, lowered his ...
Quick Lit + October 2026
There were some interesting themes to my reading this month: three books by British authors; two stories of family members who have gone missing; a couple of family dramas; two novels with ...
28 Questions to Spark Conversation and Reflection This Season
You probably know (or might have guessed) that 28 is my favorite number—hence these monthly lists. You might not know that October is my favorite month. (Is it yours too? I would ...
Lately || September 2026
Happy first of October, the very best month! I’m trying my hardest to believe that it’s fall, even though it’s just this week that our daily highs are no longer in the ...
Daddy Fix It
The crayon snapped in two, unable to withstand the force of the tiny hand repeatedly ramming it onto the surface of a coloring book. It took a second for our two-year-old crayon-killer ...
Kalinda Joy & Sullivan Luke || From Six to Seven!
Hello, readers! My twins are turning SEVEN years old this week, so I am using this space to document the milestone with some pictures, a letter to my twinsies, and a super ...