My three big kids spent the night at their grandparents’ house last Friday. This was a near-first for all of us: other than the one night Luke and I spent in the ...
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28 Recent Discoveries and Delights
It’s never a bad idea to pause and take stock of all the wonderful things in life, but summer is an especially fitting time to celebrate all things good and bright and ...
Lately || May 2025
It’s interesting to think about how our brains process the passage of time—how time seems to speed up with each passing year, and how some spans of time seem disproportionately short while ...
What I Learned This Spring About Bookshelves, Silliness, Parenting Opportunities, and Doing Hard Things
Spring weather in Texas is notoriously volatile: it’s not unusual to have a morning of thunderstorms, hail, and even tornado warnings followed by an afternoon of sunny, cloudless skies. My moods this ...
Lately || April 2025
Although we’ve called Texas home for more than nine years, I don’t think I’ve ever felt quite so “country girl” as I did this month. We’re chicken-sitting for my in-laws while they’re ...
Lately || March 2025
When I was living in California, I never gave much thought to the arrival of spring. An Orange County winter is pretty mild, so the weather transition from February to March was ...
Good & Gracious!
I walked through the church lobby, a twin’s hand in each of mine, baby strapped to my chest. Nico napped contentedly in the carrier, and Kali and Sully eagerly filled me in ...
Lately || February 2025
I know that February is the shortest month, but this February felt especially brief—especially after a January that dragged. We were home more than the usual amount this February due to recurrent ...
What I Learned This Winter About New Ventures, Early Bedtimes, Expectations, and Returning to Treasured Practices
At the start of the year, when I returned to a more consistent blogging schedule and began making plans for what my content would look like in the coming months, I automatically ...
A Few Things That Are Saving My Life This Winter
Last week Charleston let me know that he was done with winter. In fact, he said, he really never wants anything to do with winter once his birthday is over. His birthday ...