Marina and I had a little impromptu photo shoot this week. I love these snaps so much because they capture her silly spirit so perfectly. She really is such a goof ball and it cracks me up. I know that I say it a lot,…
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Roman James at 5 Years + 8 Months
Read moreSometime 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. Somehow, I have always struggled to imagine that tremendous leap that occurs when a…
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2019: A Year of Abundance
Read more2015: Survive 2016: Bravery 2017: Strength 2018: Build 2019: Abundance 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…
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Gingerbread Houses (& What Happened to December?)
Read moreHello, friends! I am going to do a little bit of a catch up. December was a whirlwind for so many reasons. The kids & I got taken down by a virus from hell that left me useless for two weeks. It was terrible. I…
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Marina Grace at 3 years & 8 Months: A Child So Different from Myself
Read moreWhile 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…
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Heart Spill & Halloween 2018
Read moreHow 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…
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Carving a Pumpkin on Halloween Eve
Read moreIt 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…
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thoughts on kindergarten, public school & education…
Read moreYesterday 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.…
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Roman Starts Kindergarten
Read moreRoman’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…