Category: 2022
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The Anxiety of Transition ❤️
We made it to 2023 y’all!! With every new year comes some sort of transition. For my family, the wave’s crash was delayed, returning to school and regularly scheduled “programming” on the 9th of January. Every time we are getting back into the swing, for whatever reason, I’m reminded of…
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Recovery: Respect ✊
Please KNOW that I am Okay. I am not great, I’m barely “good” but I will, 💯 percent, for sure, be OKAY. I KNOW this because I’ve survived waaaaay worse. . . under circumstances in which I possessed SIGNIFICANTLY LESS power, almost ZERO control and with DRAMATICALLY less life to…
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Fridays are MY day these days😁💪🏻❤️
Two Fridays ago, the kids and I spent the day in Detroit. It was the most, sustained fun we’ve had together in months, possibly all year! We’d come for eye exams, stayed for The College for Creative Studies, and squeeeeezed in a lil trip down memory lane and an obligatory…
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Thankful❤️💪🏻🔥
I am thankful for so many __________ (things, people, thoughts, ideas, small wonders. . . Etc. Etc. Etc.) I am thankful for sun and snow and podcasts and music and moments to myself, I’m thankful for memoirs and mashed potatoes… for ALL the leftovers; for phone calls with friends. I’m…
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i am enough
Last weekend was invigorating! My son and I stayed at a beautiful horse farm with his scout troop. Life’s dealt up and downs this week. Looking at these photos and preparing this post has brought me joy. Yesterday, as I sat in one of my favorite places: a high school…
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Acknowledging Little Warriors
It is difficult to consider my younger self. When I think of the precocious, fierce, lonely, discounted, sensitive, scared, smart, savvy, passionate, confused girl that I once was, it’s difficult not to see her as a girl version of the strong woman I have become. She was nearly snuffed out.…
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Wanderlust
Since early September, I’ve had the good fortune to visit seven different states. I have enjoyed meeting and talking with dozens of amazing people. I’ve observed and learned from many more! The photos that follow are only a sample of the beauty I’ve witnessed ❤️ As my friend, Melissa Joy…
Collecting Pieces of Me 