Summer is here and around here summer means road trips! This year summer break looks a bit different thanks to the pandemic, but that won’t stop us from hitting the road and making beautiful summer memories. We have a whole list of destinations on our summer bucket list ranging from the beach, to the lake, to the mountains and lots of other places in between. We already made our first…
life is magic
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Travel Guide: Kilkenny, Ireland
Read moreThe next stop on our Ireland road trip was Kilkenny. We arrived at the Horban Hotel tired from our flight and adventure in Dublin, but excited for the journey ahead of us. We enjoyed dinner in the hotel restaurant, followed by a drink on the…
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Welcome May + a Newsletter Invitation
Read moreBelow is a transcription of my most recent newsletter sent last week. I am including it here along with an invitation for you to subscribe. Dear Friend, Not long after I sent my last letter here, everything started to change. In that message, I shared…
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Thoughts on Blended Family Life…
Read moreThere is so much to say about blended family life. It’s not something that I ever anticipated for myself; but life has a funny way of doing that, doesn’t it? Presenting you with the unexpected. Sometimes it feels like my little family just expanded overnight…
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a twilight walk in january // thoughts on presence
Read moreMy little stars. There is a feeling that a mother has while pregnant, a knowing. Months and months of carrying a life inside of her, getting to know a little human in the most indescribable way. Six years into motherhood and I still can’t get…
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Backyard Camping Adventures
Read moreIn my last post, I introduced you to my guy. Today I want to talk about one of our favorite things to do together–camping. We absolutely love camping and hiking. When we first met, it was camping and hiking that we bonded over. We’ve been…
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Down by the Bay
Read moreEvery summer at the end of July, my family took a trip to the seaside. Through my childhood, those trips gave me life. I looked forward to it all year and there was so much magic in it all. My heart still explodes with joy…
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I always have.
Read more“And now that you don’t have to be perfect, you can be good.” I am sitting at my desk. It’s Monday morning. I am trying to work but mostly I’m just distracted by the beautiful cacophonous laughter of my babies playing in the next room,…
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they look like dreams;
Read more“My mouth is a fire escape. The words coming out don’t know that they are naked there is something burning in here.” –Andrea Gibson December// We are sitting in a hot tub in the dead of winter, falling in love. It is far below freezing…