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In the last month, my problem with photo hoarding finally blew up in my face. I ran out of storage space on my iMac which I have been using for professional & personal photography since 2013. I also crossed over to 14,000+ photos on my iPhone. These things wouldn’t be as much of a challenge…
While I am in yoga and Roman is at school, Marina stays in the kids care program at my gym. She has never been in daycare or stayed in any type of group care setting before, so I was very nervous about leaving her there for an hour or so while I was in class.…
How are you, friends? I am a few weeks late posting these snaps from Halloween & trick-or-treating. But here they are. It was such a magical night. Marina’s ghost costume actually lit up. So once the sun started to set, she was glowing. It was really a breathtaking sight. I was moved to tears a…
Thank you BB&T for sponsoring this post. If you’ve only started reading my blog recently, you might not know that this wasn’t always a blog about motherhood, wellness, and simple living. In fact, this space used to be primarily about my personal journey of overcoming depression and anxiety and my choice to pursue happiness. Up…
It is November 1st, the morning after Halloween. There is a sadness in my heart now that my favorite time has passed. Yet, at the same time, the beautiful enormity of the memories that we made this year warm my heart to joy. Now that Roman & Marina are each old enough to appreciate what…
“The leaves are all falling. And they’re falling like they’re falling in love with the ground.” –Andrea Gibson Some days feel too good to be real. An old friend comes back into my life, someone that I loved once and love still. When we are reunited after these years that have passed, I can see…
Yesterday while Marina and I were waiting for Roman to get out of school, I ran into an old friend who has a daughter a year ahead of Roman. Her daughter and Roman went to school together at a local co-operative preschool for one year. She and I share many of the same values in…
Hello, my beautiful friends! I can hardly believe that the first week of October has already slipped through my fingers. Warm weather and summer temperatures have been sticking around here, but still, there are signs of autumn’s arrival all around us. Cool, wet air in the early mornings & evenings fills my lungs and it…
Roman’s first day of kindergarten was September 5, 2018. It was a day that I had dreaded since the day that he was born. My heart is at once broken and proud all at the same time. He was hesitant and shed a few tears at morning drop off on the first day, but by…