“The small things of life were often so much bigger than the great things…” —Barbara Pym breakfast, messy banana-face after breakfast snack, pizza crust playtime naptime ready to play again daniel tiger while mama makes lunch a lunchtime rainbow love my salad spinner hello, blue…
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Taking Stock :: Currently…
Read moreMaking :: plans for Roman’s 1st birthday party! Cooking :: eggs for breakfast every morning. Drinking :: a big bottle of H20 — hydrate me. Reading :: recently finished The Secret Life of Bees and now reading Burial Rites. Wanting :: an early spring. Looking…
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There is only what is.
Read moreThere is only what is. The what-should-be never did exist, but people keep trying to live up to it. —Lenny Bruce There is so much that I love about this set of photographs. Roman is wearing my favourite pants and his onesie is my favourite…
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A life you’re proud of…
Read moreFor what it’s worth: it’s never too late or, in my case, too early to be whoever you want to be. There’s no time limit, stop whenever you want. You can change or stay the same, there are no rules to this thing. We can…
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No Such Thing as Perfect
Read more“You don’t love someone because they’re perfect… You love them in spite of the fact that they’re not.” — Jodi Picoult, My Sister’s Keeper Recently I shared something with a friend who I hadn’t been in touch with for awhile. I shared a difficult situation…
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Petroula Handmade: unique sewing and felting accessories for kids
Read moreWhen I was a little girl, my grandmother — Mom Mom — was my best friend. I loved to visit her. I loved to play with her button tin. She would take care of me when I was sick. I would spend the night and…
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Homemaking: The Bedroom
Read moreAs I mentioned here, one of my goals for 2014 is simplicity + organization. I am slowly making my way through each room in the house — getting rid of what we don’t need/use, organizing the necessities, and making things pretty. Over the weekend, I…
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Simple Beautiful // 01
Read more“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…
