I should start off by saying that this post is not what you think it is going to be about. And, that this post is exactly what you think it is going to be about. Since the news of yesterday's horrific shooting in Orlando broke (and I am choosing my words carefully; it was many things, and ...
Well, I have to come clean. I have been keeping a secret from you, holding it close to the vest and close to my heart. But now I can share some big news! It's time for a new Edition to my world... I am writing a book! More than that---I have a book deal! Thanks to my amazing literary agent, Renée ...
My two little gems shrouded in light; their own glow. You are my sunshines.
Friends, I invite you to take a trip-- rather, a hot air balloon ride-- over to Emily's Entourage, the site that tells the story of my amazing friend Emily and her fight against medicine, time, her body and, most of all, Cystic Fibrosis. I am honored to have been a contributor on their site, as I explain Why I Am Dyeing ...
I sat down to write this message and the deluge started from my eyes before my fingers could touch the keyboard. I placed my hands on my heart. I don't know how to describe this feeling. Intense love mixed with incredulity mixed with wistfulness... and something else. But when you love someone this much, there isn't always a word. There ...
This week we experienced a momentous day in the world of our tribe: My girl got to meet our newest member. Who is this new, beloved boy, you ask? Well, I will tell you. *** In my Junior year of High School I became best friends with a girl with the biggest smile and an even bigger heart. She has ...
...your little girl sits on the floor of her brother's bedroom and reads, with finesse and ease, the very first book that was ever read to her. I thought that this was poignant but, my goodness. I feel wistful, and I feel proud but, most of all, I feel the magic.
This post was sponsored by Wayfair in conjunction with my partnership with the Wayfair Homemakers Program Spring has arrived! We are all busy honoring it in some way; lingering outside and walking around the neighborhood; cleaning out our closets and switching our wardrobes from sweaters to short-sleeves; adding rainbows of produce into our meals; refreshing things. I mentioned in passing that we ...
(The photo above is the first digital picture that I have of us together. I was 20. I had just cut my own bangs. Those were the days.) Today is a special day. It is the ten year anniversary of my very last first date. Ten years ago today, K and I became an item. It was only one ...
Yesterday, I posted a photo collage on Instagram with pictures of my daughter as she went off to have her Kindergarten school pictures taken. I could not believe that she was doing something so grown up; that she looked so mature; that she is so beautiful. I know that it is a thing that people say, but it ...
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