hope grows
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I’m Pregnant with Our Thanksgiving Baby!💖
By the title you’ve seen…I’m pregnant! Our third baby is due this November mere days before Thanksgiving. As one of my dearest friends said, “a Thanksgiving baby sounds just like the perfect story for you.” She’s right. I love Thanksgiving. I love that time of year. By mid-summer I’m already looking at Thanksgiving tablescapes on… Continue reading
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When Spring Is Hard to Feel…
Last week I unexpectedly found myself at my desert home due to a family emergency. I’ll not talk about that here, but I will share what has stuck out to me in these chaotic weeks of waiting and processing. And it is simply this… The morning birdsong was still so sweet despite the long hours of… Continue reading
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Laughing in the Cold
March blusters in with buttercups below winter-bare trees. And perhaps, we don’t much admire this month which is neither warm nor cold, beautiful or ugly, simply because it unravels much like the way our heart feels most the time. We are both winter and spring, joyful and grieving, growing old and becoming young again. A… Continue reading
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Our Little Corner of The Sky
Pictured below is one of the most magical moments I’ve experienced as a mother. It was a Saturday morning in late 2023. The toys were strewn and the sunlight pierced our garden so gently. My son was swinging in the “big kid” swing just past the Little Tikes baby swing. As a baby and into… Continue reading
