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  • Welcome, October

    Dena October 5, 2020

    Happy October, sweet friends. I am so grateful to be here in my favorite, most magical month. This year has been a hard one, full of twists and turns, trauma and breaking through in ways that we never could have imagined. But here we are, despite it all, in the final quarter of this unexpectedly chaotic year. As the calendar flips to October, I am overcome with a feeling of…

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  • Ice Cream at Sunset & Sweet Tooth Gift Ideas

    Dena September 17, 2019

    Hello, sweet friends. It’s September and we’ve already moved through the heart of back to school season. Roman is settling in nicely to first grade and Marina is about to start pre-k next week. I’ll have a little post about Roman’s first day up soon,…

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  • Simple Kids Wardrobes

    Dena March 27, 2017

    It’s spring, and as the season changes, so do our wardrobes. I love the simple habits that I’ve adopted since Roman was born. Throughout the season, when a piece of clothing no longer fits, I put it in a basket. At the end of each…

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  • Simple Beautiful // 01

    Dena January 29, 2014

    “She said she usually cried at least once each day not because she was sad, but because the world was so beautiful & life was so short.” — Brian Andreas SIMPLE // BEAUTIFUL THINGS + Every year, in winter, my great uncle sends my mom…

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