I am Grateful
We’ve had a hard week over here, and I am not sure when it happened but (yet again) my body decided to take a turn for the worse. If I showed you my stomach, you may mistake me for being 5 months...
View ArticleLife Lately: Thank-full-ness
After a few days a laying low, nursing aches and pains, coughs and runny noses- I couldn’t be more relieved to say that we are feeling better and more ourselves. My cyst was confirmed, this time...
View ArticleLife Lately: Slowing Down
I am still in my pajamas and it’s a little after 2… There is a Yankee candle burning in the corner, a cup of Tazo “Joy” on my left, and when I took a peak outside the window, there were a couple of...
View ArticleVick’s, Vapors & Holiday Cheer
Lila has been under the weather for a little over a week now, progressing to a nose that runs like a river, and a very chesty-cough. There are piles of crusty Kleenex heaped in little piles, some even...
View ArticleNight comes early, dawn comes late.
There is a certain way the light leaks through the shades on a November’s evening, after a day of steady rainfall. The sunset is a dimmer hue now, less bright and harsh. And the night, well… it seems...
View ArticleGreater Things
I have always craved a life of adventure, one that brings about new challenges. Mountains to climb, seas to swim, new words to pronounce. I’ve hungered after the lifestyle of a wanderlust, tackling...
View ArticleThis hour and This place
Some days are just destined to run smoother than others. Whether it’s checking off each ‘to do’ on your list in a timely matter, waking up on the right side of the bed (instead of the other), and...
View ArticleLife Lately: A full Heart
For each and every thing I am thankful for, I want to bottle up and preserve so that it won’t fade into the arc of time. I want to remember what I am feeling right now, this total awareness of the good...
View ArticleThe other Side
I remember the Sunny-D House last December, around this time. How Lila would crawl around and reach for the tinsel and bulbs from the pine branches (getting poked in the meantime); the way the lemon...
View ArticleAway in the Manger
I was chatting to one of my girl friend’s after having a serious meltdown about school related issues. All it took was a text from me saying “I am watching The Holiday in attempts to feel better, but I...
View ArticleLife Lately: Procrastination
Not having any desire to accomplish the things that actually need done, I decided that I would play hookey from being an adult for the day. Luckily my friend Kaylee had the day off and similar dread...
View ArticleLife Lately: When life gives you Lemons
I’ve been feeling emotionally “itchy” the last couple of days. Waves of worry coinciding with uneasiness with a slight touch of vexation rolled over me in waves as I kept coining the phrase over and...
View ArticleLife Lately: Present
Wherever we go, we are seduced by the smell of pine, enchanted from the royal colors that beam all around, and the twinkling lights that greet us in neighborhoods and on street corners. We read tidings...
View ArticleLife Lately: My Feeling’s Show
I am a feeler. If I sat with you for a few moments and you let me in, I could feel what you are feeling. I could relate with you, and I could put myself in your shoes. Lately, I’ve been finding fault...
View ArticleWinter’s Process
This morning on the “Today” show, they were talking about organizing your life around this ‘crazy and hectic’ time of the year. Honestly, I don’t understand why people are so frenzied about getting...
View ArticleThe gift of Hope
For unto us a Child is born,Unto us a Son is given;And the government will be upon His shoulder.And His name will be calledWonderful, Counselor, Mighty God,Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.-Isaiah...
View ArticleSnippets of Christmas
I had hoped for a more simple Christmas this year. Since Robert’s mom lives a good 1,300 miles away, she sends her love in boxes. It was really sweet to see the care she took wrapping each and every...
View ArticleLife Lately: Shedding the Old
As the new year fast approaches I have been feeling like it has pushed my mind into the future-tense. My thoughts have been folding with my expectations and desires and are slowly making their way to...
View ArticleLife lately: Small Things
The sun is warming my shoulders, and I can see a span of powder blue above me like someone hand painted the sky. A soft December breeze gently swirls and I am soaking in every last ray like a sponge,...
View ArticleLife Lately: Motherhood & Monotony
I have been experiencing a bit of an emotional funk the last few days. A sort of slump if-you-will, when the mundane rolls in like a thick grey fog and I feel like all of my inspiration is zapped. My...
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