It was a regular Monday morning. I got Brady off to school (Ryan gets up with Ethan an hour earlier, bless his heart), then made my way back up to my room to read and journal and throw on clothes for the day. The things I do every morning. But this morning was not like…
thoughts
I don’t know how I used to do it
I don’t know how I used to do it. Do what, you ask? Blogging. Regular blogging. Amidst the raising of small children and the daily demands of wife/mother/friend/personhood, I also managed to write blog posts three times each week. Monday, Wednesday, Friday, like clockwork. I rarely missed a day and if I did, I always made…
Lesson learned.
Confession: I restarted one of my daily sketches. I told myself I wouldn’t start over. If the shading was weird or proportions not quite right I just wouldn’t worry about it and remember that this daily practice is for PRACTICE. Up until this sketch, there has only been one other time when I was tempted to…
Happy 9th Birthday Audrey Girl
Today is Audrey’s 9th birthday. I started blogging 10 years ago right before getting pregnant with our sweet girl. I was a stationery designer who worked very part-time from home while raising my three adorable little boys. Blogging was new-ish and not only did it seem fun, but it was a natural fit for me who…
snow days
I have tried to write this blog post all week and every day there has been some sort of distraction that has kept me away from this little space on the internet. First, it was the pure joy of watching the snow fall outside. Then it was all the friends and baking and movie watching…
Being a mom of teenage boys
When I was little and daydreamed about my future family, I imagined having four girls. I am the middle of three girls and have always been pretty girly. I grew up dancing ballet, playing house and doing makeovers with my sisters. I nannied for a family of three girls and it just seemed right that…
I’ll keep pressing on
I am in a season of new growth and as exciting as it is, it also means saying goodbye to parts of me. Some are good things, some are bad and others are maybe not the very best, but they are known and comfortable and it’s scary to let them go. I’m not particularly good…
Currently
Sometimes I like taking note of what’s happening in my life in a little blog game called CURRENTLY. It doesn’t have to happen on a blog, though. I think this could be equally enjoyable and valuable as a conversation with a friend or in a journal. Sometimes just slowing down enough to pay attention to…
All about the daily sketch
A day before the calendar switched to the new year, I had a sudden idea to challenge myself to do a little sketch + watercolor each day in 2019. We’re two weeks in and I am so pleasantly surprised with how things are going. The sketches are darling (am I allowed to say that about…
Five Things Friday #2
ONE I was SO close to recording a coffee chat this morning. I have about 25 minutes in between school drop-off and my pilates class and I was going to just record a little chat in the car. But then I hopped on Marco Polo (do you do Marco Polo? It’s a video app that is…
Project 89 – a Gospel reading plan that has transformed my life
Three things happened back-to-back that changed the trajectory of my bible-reading life (and my whole life, actually). It first started with a post I wrote last year about morning devotional books I liked. I am not a morning person and yet I saw the value in starting the day with truth, so I did what…
Five Things Friday
This little series called Five Things Friday is something I’ve been doing every once in a while over on Instagram. Just five things I’m thinking about or things that made my week or caught my attention or that I feel like sharing. I’ve been thinking a lot lately about blogging. Part of me really misses the…
that magical week between Christmas and New Years
The week between Christmas and New Year’s is one of my favorites. Of course we love Christmas and all the days and events leading up to it. Baking, cleaning, wrapping, waiting. And then Christmas comes and it is all about family. Cousins, grandmas and grandpas, aunties and uncles. A house full of activity and excitement,…
40 By 40 | the final update
I turned 40 last week. You may remember that on my birthday last year I shared a list I created for myself: 40 things to do before I turned 40. I called it my #40by40 list. I got the idea from my childhood best friend who wrote her list and shared it on Instagram. Her…
Life Lately | What I learned in September
I read earlier this week that it takes about six weeks to get into the rhythm of back to school. We’re wrapping up week 5 and this gives me great hope because if whoever said that six week bit is correct, then by next week I’ll be feeling like I’m in my groove! The month…