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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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…
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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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One of my very favorite places to shop for home decor is Wayfair, and if you’ve ever been to my home or seen a photo of it on my Instagram,…
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Oh, guys. I used to do monthly book reviews. Now I’m apparently doing them on a quarterly basis because I’m just reading so infrequently. It makes me sad! But one…
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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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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…
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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…
Things currently making me happy: 1. Being reunited with my kids (and celebrating by playing hookie from school to go to the zoo and play all day) 2. Gorgeous Spring…
Is it Spring yet?? Yesterday the weather seemed to think so! And then today it’s like literal slush is falling from the sky. What in the actual, Michigan… I managed…