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a birthday for nash

olive june July 9, 2024

written on the evening of june 12, 2024 | today you are six, my lovemy boy of wonder and lightlover of the color yellow and baking and picking flowers and making others laugha day full…

an afternoon tea for two

olive june June 19, 2024

as a family, my husband and i try to spend individual time with our children and lately, i have gone on a date with both of my sons. the younger son and i went to…

borrowed words

olive june June 6, 2024

“If the month of June was your friend

what i always want to remember | a mother’s day edition

olive june May 17, 2024

i always want to remember | 01. my parents were here to spend the weekend with us; extra special on mother’s day 02. my mom and i went to lunch and enjoyed an espresso martini,…

my reading challenge | 2023

olive june May 6, 2024

i am a little late at posting this but i wanted to share the books i read last year, along with my ratings. last year, i set a goal to read 40 books and i…

motherhood

activities + thoughts during social distancing

olive june March 17, 2020
“And the people stayed home. And read books, and listened, and rested, and exercised, and made art, and played games, and learned new ways of being, and were still. And listened more deeply. Some mediated, some prayed, some danced. Some met their shadows. And the…

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season | spring

spring books for children

olive june March 6, 2020
this post contains affiliate links | thank you so much for supporting this blog spring is almost here and i am excited to share some favorite books for young children with you all. the days are getting longer and the blooms are beginning to sprout.…

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mind + body

season | spring

march intentions

olive june March 4, 2020
february was a little less hectic and brought a little more rest. however, it also included a fun trip to cincinnati, painting the main area of our home white (it’s such a dream) and a lot of celebrating. the colder months bring an appreciation for…

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season | winter

simply loving

simply loving

olive june February 28, 2020
“we shape our buildings; thereafter they shape us.” -winston churchill an afternoon at the park yesterday simply loving | 01. simple white flowers from trader joe’s 02. the first body positivity book for children 03. dancing daisy wreath for spring 04. i truly love winter…

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borrowed words

borrowed words

olive june February 27, 2020
in honor of lent beginning All those days you felt like dust, like dirt, as if all you had to do was turn your face toward the wind and be scattered to the four corners or swept away by the smallest breath as insubstantial–…

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season | winter

simply loving

simply loving

olive june February 21, 2020
this year i am focusing on wholeness as my overall intention i found this quote recently and can’t stop thinking about it: “I actually attack the concept of happiness. The idea that- I don’t mind people being happy- but the idea that everything we do…

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in our home

aldi favorites

olive june February 20, 2020
over the past few years, we have been shopping at mainly aldi and trader joe’s. as much as i love to browse and experience whole foods, the prices and options at these two stores have provided a way for our family to shop for healthy…

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in our passport

simply gather

a weekend in cincy | julius turns one

olive june February 19, 2020
fresh valentines flowers from gia & the blooms we traveled to cincinnati over the weekend to celebrate my adorable nephew, julius imoh, turning one. i think about this a lot. there isn’t much that tops being together with your loved ones- watching the littles play…

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simply loving

simply loving

olive june February 14, 2020
a dreamy galentines gathering . february 13 simply loving | 01. jesus calling devotions every morning 02. the ages of our boys (i have loved every age) but am really loving 4 + 1.5 . they are curious and love to jump in big, juicy…

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in our home

motherhood

heal + grow