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How to Host a Reflection & Rejuvenation Party
The new year is almost upon us!
I don’t mean to skip ahead–Christmas isn’t even here yet–but I find that I have to stay one step ahead during this season in order to minimize my stress. Although I love Halloween, Thanksgiving, and Christmas, I especially love the new year. I love the fresh start, the opportunity to reflect on the past year and set intentions for the new year.
I decided to host the Second Annual Reflect & Rejuvenate Get-Together. I invited some of my closest female friends as well as some people that I hope to get to know better this year.
The process is simple: … Read More
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Thought for the Day
In my effort to insert a little more balance into my life, I started reading a “fluffy” book on my Kindle app. The part of myself that minored in English in college definitely expresses a little judgement whenever I gravitate toward “substandard literature–if you can even call it ‘literature'” but I’m thankful that I can easily out-wrestle my inner-critic and read relaxing books anyway.I love the opening of the book and wanted to share it with you. It’s exactly how I feel about my life–simultaneously overwhelmed with gratitude for how amazing it is and utterly terrified that something negative will happen to change it.
… Read MoreWhenever I hear of someone
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Motherhood
For some people, having a child is like coming home. It’s like feeling as if everything is finally in place, comfortable, normal–the way it’s supposed to be.
For myself, having children has been like traveling to the far reaches of the world. Exciting! Alluring! Novel!And then the reality hit: I don’t speak this language, everything is confusing, nothing works the way I’m used to it working, and I’m tired and homesick. And during the first four months after Tate’s birth, I found myself frequently folded over a toilet bowl (but instead of having giardia, I had a malfunctioning gallbladder).I try not to come to this whiny place often.… Read More
