In May, I photographed the wedding of one of our beloved babysitters. I’m not a wedding photographer. Her faith and confidence in me was unexpected and flattering, so I responded…
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Ever since I began the process of writing my cookbook, I try to use my free time (is any time really free? I should say kid-free time) one of two…
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I love how since we live in a seasonal climate, food follows a similar seasonal pattern. In the Winter I crave stews and chili, roasted dinners and piping hot bread.…
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Achieving. Striving. List making. Entrepreneurship. Accomplishment. People pleasing. Performing. For the first 30 or so years of my life, I couldn’t tell you why words and behaviors like these resonated…
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On a recent trip with my husband, my first time away from my exclusively breast-fed six month old, I had the privilege (nay – chore? task? assignment?) to pack not…
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Have you been following my FASTer Way to Fat Loss journey at all? Possibly via Instagram, or maybe you’ve gone so far as to join me on the journey and…
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Navy, Knox, Brighton and Merritt… if those names have anything in common at all, it’s how UNCOMMON they are! Stockton and I loved choosing the names for our brood; getting…
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We recently traveled to Fort Myers, Florida with our whole crew (affectionately and ironically now referred to as the Six Pack). Our trip was the first we’ve taken since Merritt’s…
Hey mamas. New mamas, middle year mamas, mamas with babies who are grown-ups, grandmamas. Hello, all of you. We’re a sisterhood, us mamas. You may look at the season I…
I feel like parenting has hit me right between the eyes recently. Some things keeping me up at night recently (just to name two): YouTube hackers and teaching our kids…