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Halloween 2018 // livelovesimple.com

Heart Spill & Halloween 2018

November 14, 2018

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…

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life lately // january 2018

january 2018: heart spill

January 17, 2018

It’s been a long-time coming, but a lot of the things that I have been praying for, for so long, have finally come to pass. I am grateful and humble. Soon my life will be marked with sweeping changes and before all of that happens, I want to take a moment to reflect on what…

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Heart Spill: Magical Seeds & Wild Dreams

May 15, 2017

There are seven seedlings growing in my windowsill. A couple of months ago, I filled eight little cups with potting soil. I stuck my finger down into each one to make a hole. Then I dropped a pinch of seeds into each hole and covered it with soil. I waited with the eager anticipation of…

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life lately // late summer {heart-spill}

August 28, 2015

It’s been awhile since I “checked in” here on the blog. I’m always writing about the house, the garden, the babies — and I don’t often stop to update about me. Sure, all of those things are parts of me, but as a blog reader myself, I often wonder how the blogger herself is doing.…

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  • “I am your parent; you are my child. I am your quiet place; you are my wild.

I am your calm face; you are my giggle. I am your wait; you are my wiggle.

I am your carriage ride; you are my king. I am your push; you are my swing.

I am your audience; you are my clown. I am your London Bridge; you are my falling down.

I am your carrot sticks; you are my licorice. I am your dandelion; you are my first wish.

I am your water wings; you are my deep. I am your open arms; you are my running leap.

I am your home; you are my new path. I am your dry towel; you are my wet bath.

I am your dinner; you are my chocolate cake. I am your bedtime; you are my wide awake.

I am your finish line; you are my race. I am your praying hands; you are my saying grace.

I am your favorite book; you are my new lines. I am your night-light; you are my starshine.

I am your lullaby; you are my peekaboo. I am your goodnight kiss; you are my I love you.”
  • She really is such a goofball and it cracks me up. I know that I say it a lot, but she is so different than me. My entire life I have looked at outgoing people in awe. I cannot imagine having the natural inclination to be loud in front of large groups of people, to be silly without reservation, to (heaven forbid) draw attention to myself. And now, here is my daughter, she does all of those things effortlessly. I find it such a privilege to be raising such a sweet, rambunctious little soul — and, my, such a learning experience!
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Keep shining bright, my little star. 💛🌟✨
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{precious moment captured by: @erinwitkowskiphoto}
  • This is how we’re feeling about the snow day today! 💛❄️✨ #childhoodunplugged
  • Just made a new blog post today on one of my big areas of focus from last year, which was sustainable living. I had big ambitions to live more sustainably in 2018. Although I didn’t accomplish everything on my list, I made progress. I shared some of the things that have been working to help us live greener, especially around the kitchen & during our visits to the grocery store & farmer’s markets.
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I have a few different styles and sizes of reusable baggies for buying produce. I love both the reusable cotton produce bags and the mesh produce bags. Aside from being good for the environment, they are also beautiful.
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The biggest key, with both the produce bags and the grocery bags is to make sure that you’ve got them with you when you head out to the store or market. That’s why I try to put them right back into my car after I unload my groceries, because I never remember to grab anything when I’m running out the door. •• Read the full post, including a Shopping List of my favorite “Green Things” at LiveLoveSimple.com •• Direct link in my profile. 🌿🌿✨
  • Sometime in the last month, Roman started to read. Of all of the miraculous things I have witnessed in my time as his mother, this has perhaps been the most amazing.
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Somehow, I have always struggled to imagine that tremendous leap that occurs when a child goes from not reading to reading. It is the most precious of moments–something like the most beautiful light shining into a world of previous darkness. Like that moment when the Wizard of Oz switches from black & white to color, pure magic.
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Back when I was homeschooling him and teaching him his letters, the idea that he would one day be reading almost felt like an impossibility. And yet, here he is reading. He knows all of his sight words and he is sounding out more words by the day. It is the most incredible blessing to witness...
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Read the full post & see lots more photos on my blog, direct link in my profile. 💛✨ #livelovesimplehome #jungalowstyle
  • “The most important kind of freedom is to be what you really are. You trade in your reality for a role. You trade in your sense for an act. You give up your ability to feel, and in exchange, put on a mask. There can’t be any large-scale revolution until there’s a personal revolution, on an individual level. It’s got to happen inside first.” —Jim Morrison 🌿🌿🌿 #livelovesimplehome
  • “Wild Geese” | by Mary Oliver
You do not have to be good.
You do not have to walk on your knees
for a hundred miles through the desert, repenting.
You only have to let the soft animal of your body
love what it loves.
Tell me about despair, yours, and I will tell you mine.
Meanwhile the world goes on.
Meanwhile the sun and the clear pebbles of the rain
are moving across the landscapes,
over the prairies and the deep trees,
the mountains and the rivers.
Meanwhile the wild geese, high in the clean blue air,
are heading home again.
Whoever you are, no matter how lonely,
the world offers itself to your imagination,
calls to you like the wild geese, harsh and exciting–
over and over announcing your place
in the family of things.
  • 2015: Survive
2016: Bravery
2017: Strength
2018: Build
2019: ABUNDANCE
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My words of the year, these last five years, tell a story. My story of surviving, of bravery, of strength, of rebuilding, and of — at last — thriving in the abundance that God has provided for me. • •
The other day I was digging through old emails and I stumbled on something that took me back to the most painful place I have ever known. In that moment, it was like I was back there, back in the place I believed I could never escape. As painful as it is, the beauty of it is that I can turn away now. I am no longer there. My life is different. There are some things that we will never, fully, be able to escape; but at least now I am able to turn away.
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These last years I have fought my way out. In many ways, you have witnessed my climb, my clawing, and scratching, and blindly finding my way to the surface. And while the path never truly ends, because climbing is a lifetime endeavor, I can say with confidence that I am on the other side now. 2018 gave me one final shakeup, an absolute tidal wave hellbent on knocking me off the path, and it did. But my progress was not lost and in my final stretch of that hellish trial of a year, I stepped boldly into the most beautiful light that I have ever known. I made it to the other side of the river.
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Now, the real magic begins. After years of learning how to survive, of learning how to be strong, of building the literal foundation on which I will live the rest of my life: I am here. This is the year that I will step into the abundance of Grace. I am ready for an abundance of joy, an abundance of success, an abundance of adventure, and an abundance of love. And all of it is flowing toward me in beautiful waves now.
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ABUNDANCE
❣️ JOY
❣️ SUCCESS
❣️ ADVENTURE
❣️ LOVE
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I am going to work so hard and so smart this year. Last year, I learned why discipline is so important. Discipline is the strongest form of self-love. It is knowing when to ignore current pleasures for rewards bigger to come. Discipline is loving yourself enough to give yourself everything you’ve ever wanted.
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Read the full post at www.LiveLoveSimple.com • Photo by @erinwitkowskiphoto ✨
  • January afternoon walks with my girl. ❄️ My heart is so full, friends. I spent the last four months of 2018 praying, visualizing, creating, & manifesting. When the new year started I was literally surrounded by all of the things that I had hoped & prayed for. These days I am working harder than ever & putting as much of my soul as possible into my life, into my work, & into my people. I am not going to sleep on these blessings that God has given me. You can take that to the bank. We’ve got a new moon & it’s Capricorn season. That means go-time: steady, determined, inspired work. It’s time for new beginnings, deep love, & all the magic that you can possibly dream up. 🌙 I hope that your 2019 is off to a beautiful start.
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