The decibel level was at a fever pitch and the noise and the joy in my home was explosive and expansive.  My once upon-a-time teeny tiny blue-eyed babe just turned ten. As her mother, I continue to scratch my head in amazement that so many minutes and moments and memories have passed by since her arrival into our world.  Instead… Read More

A few weeks ago, in her own quest to intentionally attempt to survive the impending short days of cold, my dear sweet summer-loving friend sent me an article on the Danish mentality of warmth and coziness during winter months. Evidently, hygge (pronounced hoo-guh) is a way of life that these ultra northern people choose to cling to, helping them thrive… Read More

  I’ve been thinking a lot lately. About stuff. Actual stuff, that we, as humans living in this world, come to possess and save and store and hold on to and lose. I’ve been watching as two major events unfold in my loved ones’ lives and these thoughts collided in my mind. First, my husband’s parents are moving out of… Read More

It was 5:30am, darkness was spooning me in my glorious, delicious slumber…until the “radar” alarm setting began to explode into the silence and snatched my unwilling mind from my sleeping splendor and back into the land of the living. Dear iPhone, what a stressful sound that radar one is. Radar. You’ve been found. Sleeping. Alert the authorities. Ugh. Why did… Read More

The sound of the blow dryers in the background soothed and calmed my frayed nerves (and ready-to-be-rid-of split ends) as I soaked up my two hours of freedom, granted to me every few months. I was sitting in the same salon chair where I’ve parked my tushy year after year after year since I was nine years old.  Almost thirty… Read More

  I stepped outside, dressed for a morning run, tank top on, arms bare. I squinched my eyes closed and took a deep breath of warm air, knowing the days temperature was forecast to reach 89 degrees. I opened my eyes and sort of shook my head out of my pre-coffee sleepy brain fog and looked again. The trees have… Read More

“Does this ever happen to you?” a dear friend asks in between peals of laughter, eyes wide, palms out on the counter leaning in towards us.   Four of us had gathered during the two hours of semi-freedom afforded us from preschool around a kitchen island and we connected over shared cups of seasonal Keurig KCup coffee choices and muffins… Read More