And we’re back! Woo-hoo! I love the new year. Although I love reflection and rejuvenation throughout the year, it feels so refreshing at the start of the year. 

Our two-week break was split into two components. The first week we traveled to Florida to see my family (Tampa area), and then the second week we returned to Austin and spent time with Matt’s family who flew in from Bloomington (his parents) and San Francisco (his youngest brother). His middle brother already lives in Austin (and works for an awesome company called Favor). 

This post is specifically about the first half of our break. Matt and I were so fortunate

The melancholy in Nichole’s recent post resonated with me, and when I saw her list of ways to care for herself, I started to get excited. Knit a cowl? Great idea! I started looking into classes about how to knit a cowl. 

When I told Matt about it, he reminded me that I also wanted to get back into tennis. I had the idea that I could try to gather five or so folks from my neighborhood and hire a tennis coach to give us lessons once a week at the park in our neighborhood. 

I’ve been so focused on “making a clearing” in my life that I haven’t made

What a hiatus. 

I’m sorry! 

Life has been just-barely-hanging-on around here. Being the principal of a start-up school is the hardest thing I’ve ever done. Being the principal of a start-up school on top of being a mother pretty much takes every last ounce of energy that I can muster. 

But I really want to get back into blogging. It’s my reflection space. It’s my planning space. It’s my space to connect with each of you and to draft the kind of life I want to write for myself (and revise, revise, revise!).

I’ve been through so many changes in the past 3.5 years. I gave birth to Henry, I