celebrate life
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When Autumn Is Just a Moldy Pumpkin
Upon choosing a title for the email I send every Monday, I picked “It’s Okay If It Stinks.” So sophisticated, I know. While I’ve been basking in the autumn season and all the fall things, the photo below popped up on my memories last week, and regardless of it popping up, I think about it often… Continue reading
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Limping Wings// A Poem for Staying in Your Life
I had no idea I’d get a rose this big when my little garden began alongside my limping heart on Mother’s Day 2018. It just took about four years to bloom this big, but less than that for me to lift my head and love the life I had. My encouragement to you is STAY.… Continue reading
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The August Garden // A Happy Handful
There are a couple times a year that tend to be real time markers for me. The New Year/My Birthday (January 6) and August. August used to be a painful time marker, but then our son was born in the beginning of that month and my daughter has her own deep August story I shared… Continue reading
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When They Call You Pretty
It may sound a little crazy but it feels like there’s this idea floating around that beauty = ugly, or beauty = bad, or even, beauty = a vain woman. But I disagree. Beauty may be vain in that it doesn’t last and isn’t the end-all/be-all, but a beautiful woman is not automatically vain (or… Continue reading
