Well hello! And happy Monday to you. I hope it’s been a good one. We had a very nice weekend, mostly taking it easy and catching up on sleep, but also seeing friends and exploring the local art museum. I’m finally back at 100% this week and it feels great to have energy again. We…

Here we go, third Monday in a row. The weekend zoomed past (again). Monica is getting progressively louder, it is adorable and distracting. Also a little tough on virtual meetings, but her excitement cannot be contained. I have to say, I am so grateful for weekends. The quality time with my little family is so…

Hello and Happy MLK day! I hope everyone had the day off. Or at least acted as if they did. This weekend was one big mishap as we finally succumbed. Stephen had a slight fever last Sunday but tested negative Monday morning so went to work per usual as commanded by his superiors. We were…

To me the hardest part of writing is always getting started. But here we are. Only eight months or so after my last post. Gah. Eight months ago our baby was not yet born. Now she sits on my lap. In order for this post not to be unbearably long and rambling, I’m going to…

It feels awkward starting a post after it’s been so long. Too long. It’s hard to know where to begin! I guess I can start by saying that the past few months have been a little nutty. Not in the ‘we’re so busy’ type of nutty, but just… crazy. Moving the day after the wedding…

50 days. Holy wow. Marriage is big. It is a very permanent decision. It is extremely exciting and wonderful, and also daunting. As a child (and grandchild) of divorce, marriage scares me for many reasons. The little understanding I have about marriage can very succinctly be summed up with the sentence: marriage is hard. That’s…

It’s been a while since I’ve written about life–or about anything, really. I’m still here! Given everything that is going on you’d think I’d have something to say (seems like most people do), but I guess I’ve just been. . . processing. I can’t believe it’s already August–like how. It truly is mind-boggling how quickly…

One of my favorite songs I like to reflect on every now and then. She’s just too much but she’s not quite enoughShe’s a little too hot but she’s too cold to touchHe’s told her himself with his dying eyes. She brings him joy but she makes him so madWith a childlike poise she unravels…

Well hello, Monday. This weekend positively flew by. Funny how they almost always do! I’m learning a lot these days about having hope in spite of overwhelming circumstances, helping others with a happy heart (and not a begrudging one), and embracing holiness vs. the idea of holiness–HINT: the latter is so much nicer/easier. I hope…

These past few months my overarching mood can somewhat inadequately be described as: ‘heavy.’ Obviously there’s a lot going on in our world at the moment, and much of it is incredibly disheartening. As someone who’s melancholic disposition moves them toward focusing on the negative to begin with, events ‘out there’ as well as going…