Dress for the Day: Pink neon
It’s been a while since I did a Wednesday outfit post – I’m excited to be rejoining the fashion fun today! This day I dressed simple and it was what I wore to my sister’s house to feed her chickens...
View ArticleHow to survive a tidal wave
You look around and you find yourself standing at the edge of a shoreline. You can see it coming up ahead. A huge tidal wave. You have no doubt that it will reach you. You start to tremble. What do...
View ArticleOn being a mother for the first time
It was 2002 and I distinctly remember sitting on the beach in the Spring, a good 6 months before my first baby was expected. I was attempting to take in the fact that I was not going to have another...
View ArticleCurves and Rules Don’t Mix
I can’t tell you how much I love fashion. You know I particularly love to mix up modern and vintage styles, it’s just so much fun. But there is a challenge to styling my body — the fact that my curves...
View ArticleIt’s saving my life: Carry-on edition
On Fridays I’m going to share with you some things that are saving my life right now – just a fun little feature to start off the weekend! If you ever have things that are saving your life that you...
View ArticleConfessions Of An Emotion Stuffer-Downer
I would love to talk real talk with you for a minute. Let’s grab a spot on my couch and I’ll make you some green tea with honey and I’ll make sure we aren’t interrupted because this is a bit of a hard...
View ArticleOn being impatient for healing
I’ve been blessed in the area of broken bones and large puncture wounds. What I mean is, I haven’t broken anything but my pinky toe, and I’ve never required stitches. I sprained my ankle once, I’ve...
View ArticleFree Birds
Happy Friday! Halloween is behind us (did you see the pics of our Halloween fun on my Facebook Page?), and I’m already getting excited for Thanksgiving! This weekend we will be hiding away the spooky...
View ArticleMassive Holiday Giveaway Hop | 26 Gifts for Women
This year has been a year of gigantic ups and downs, and it has been really quiet here on my blog. After blogging for 9 years, I was tired. I needed new direction. So I re-branded from To Think Is To...
View ArticleOn Not Losing Heart
I had an epiphany. And maybe it’s something everyone else has always known, but for me this is a big deal. Because it completely changes how I see my life. Completely. It was one of those days again,...
View ArticleRoses and pink donuts
I always forget to plan a day in bed. And all I want to do is be in bed. I’m wrapped up in a huge chunky scarf and wrapped in a sweater and my shoes are still on and tied and I’m curled up in a ball...
View ArticleI have found you
I don’t know if the last day of January is the ideal time to finally share my word of the year, but here we are so let’s just sit down for a minute. I’m imagining us (you and me and all of us)sitting...
View ArticleI’m scared of being mediocre
I had this realization recently. I’m terrified of being mediocre. How that plays out in my life is that I don’t shoot for the moon, I don’t go big or go home, I’m not balls to the wall. None of...
View ArticleTurning your hobby into a business
When I started blogging almost 10 years ago, I never thought I would have taken my writing and blogging all the places I have in this past decade. I probably would have said you were off your rocker...
View ArticleIf you are having (another) snow day
As so many of you are stuck inside, bundled up and maybe even having your millionth snow day in a row — I wanted to send you a little love and encouragement today from the desert. Because even though...
View ArticleHow the morning drop off changed our family
We really had no idea how our lives would fully change when we made the decision to switch from homeschooling to public school last fall. Of course we expected plenty of change, but we couldn’t...
View ArticleDIY Chocolate Egg
We are creating traditions every year with our growing family, and one thing I have always loved is creating Easter crafts and making Easter treats. Something about the Spring colors, the new life. It...
View ArticleWhen You Find Your Family’s Heartbeat
My husband and I had gone camping as kids growing up, and even been camping once as a couple before kids. But we never took the camping plunge as a family of six, before last month. And when the time...
View ArticleBack to School Style (Carter’s Giveaway!)
Everything is bustling around our house right now because the first day of school is just over a week away, but the biggest bustle is our littlest preparing to start preschool. Can you even believe...
View ArticleLook Good Feed Better
I absolutely love any project that serves to help women love themselves more. Love is at the core of who we are – and loving ourselves is the foundation for loving each other, too. So, I partnered...
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