Sights and Smells
Thank you all for the support, love, and wisdom you’ve given to my family and me over the past few days. It’s meant so much to us. We are all feeling much better around here. Lily especially is doing incredibly…
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Gratitude
This has been an emotional week for my family and me. I’ve hesitated whether or not I wanted to write about it, but I feel deeply that what our family experienced was a miracle and by telling the story, I…
Puzzle Pieces
I’m sharing just a photo today. It’s a photo of the sunrise above the mountain just east of my home that I took last Wednesday, February 1. When my girls woke to see the amazing red, pink, and purple sky…
My One Little Word – 2012
Happy New Year to you all! This past week life has finally slowed down. My family and I have happily been doing a lot of nothing. This heavenly break has given me the chance to think long and hard about…
Home Again
“No one realizes how beautiful it is to travel until he comes home and rests his head on his old, familiar pillow.” –Lin Yutang We got back from our vacation into a whirlwind of Halloween parties and fun. Our trip…
Tiny Prints Giveaway Winner
I will announce the giveaway winner in a minute, but first I wanted to share a few thoughts on this Monday morning…. I sent my oldest off this morning to overnight camp with his school grade. He was so excited…
To live content…
To live content with small means; to seek elegance rather than luxury, and refinement rather than fashion; to be worthy, not respectable, and wealthy, not rich; to listen to stars and birds, babes and sages, with open heart; to study…
On Motherhood
Last week I wrote letters to my twin girls telling them their birth story. The letters were a “homework” assignment for the biographies they are writing in school. It was a very difficult process for me, given that the day…
Being There
The past few months have been like a roller coaster ride for our family. My sister had a tragic death in her family, my mother-in-law had a hip replacement and not one but two pulmonary embolisms in the aftermath (super…
One Spring Day
This past week we’ve had a roller coaster of spring. Snow falling one minute… sun peaking out and melting it all the next. Today is grey skies. But at least it’s warm and I plan to spend part of it…
Keep Calm…
This past week I’ve been working lots of fun projects, cooking up a storm and keeping way too busy. So since I don’t have a project I can share today, I will talk about a subject that’s been on my…
Two Years and Counting
This past weekend was the Two Year Anniversary of Make it Do. Wow. That’s just about all I can say about it. Wow. I can hardly believe it’s been two whole years. How time flies when you’re having fun! Having…