“You know what I want my kids to say about parentingwhen they are grown and gone and maybe raising their own families? “She loved it.”” – @tanyacamps photo | silver pebble photography
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happy fifth birthday, parks james
photo dear parks, a few days ago, on the fifteenth of january, you turned five – and you lit up and shined all day long. i love you. so very much. watching you become a big boy has been my greatest joy. i don’t want…
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christmas snapshots
anticipation “anticipation lifts the heart. desire is created to be fulfilled- perhaps not all at once, more likely in slow stages… A softening of hard-heartedness, a lively expectation, would herald the coming of Messiah. And once again, in this season of Advent, the same promise…
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holiday teacher gift baskets
i am the room mom for nash’s two’s class and really enjoyed putting together these baskets for his teachers..below are the details here hopefully, they felt cared for + because teachers truly deserve it- even more this year! details of baskets | baskets: thriftedplaid towel lining…
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currently | december edition
“even here there is graceto travel these depthsat a mindful pace.”-mhn currently | listening | constant christmas tunes – especially ingrid michaelson, judy garland, leslie odom jr, ensemble magnolia, sinatra, piano, the carpenters, and elvis. i also love listening to podcasts when i drop the boys off at…
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borrowed words
i saw these words the other day and they hit me. so i wanted to share with you all: “so often, children are punished for being human. children are not allowed to have grumpy moods, bad days, disrespectful tones, or bad attitudes, yet we adults…
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a grateful heart
sunday morning rest
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making a home | our kitchen
“live in the present, launch yourself on every wave, find eternity in each moment.” – henry david thoreau
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light
Follow my blog with Bloglovin i think we can all agree that this week has been a lot with the election… and then add halloween, parks’ first day at his new elementary school, a baby shower, home renovations/continuing to get settled into our new home,…