“the thankful heart and a praying mind are the revealer of the secrets of beauty.” ― toba beta it’s a muggy summer morning in mid august and i am writing this post from a local coffee shop; a new one that i just discovered near…
in my family.
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a beach trip to avalon, new jersey
this post contains affiliate links . thank you so much for supporting this blog “don’t rush the wild ramblers, wanderers, dawdlers and dreamers don’t push or compare the child who tarries and turns over every pebble- who stops to fill overflowing pockets, talk to trees…
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a summer week in the country
we took two trips back to my hometown in the midwest in june and enjoyed the simple days together – spent swimming in the pool, s’mores and stories around a campfire, watching the sun set to the west + the stars shine above, smoked meat…
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a birthday reflection
a june evening: i went to bed as my birthday began to my husband rubbing my back and the warm sound of summer rain pitter-pattering a soft birthday song outside our bedroom; one year older, one year more grateful. and awoke to: “happy birthday, mommy!”…
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first birthday celebration | a garden picnic for nash {part two}
yesterday i shared some scenes from the garden picnic birthday party we threw for nash last saturday, june 15 near uptown charlotte. ‘i carry your heart with me (i carry it in my heart) i am never without it (anywhere i go, you go, my…
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a grateful heart
“may you approach this season with gratitude and a deeply rooted hope that every day will teach you something that is an integral part of your growth” – morgan harper nichols i recently spent a week in my hometown; celebrating my brother’s future bride, swimming…
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a weekend by the sea
You are the moon, dear love, and I the sea. The tide of hope swells hight within my breast, and hides the rough dark rocks of life’s unrest when your fond eyes smile near in perigee. But when that loving face is turned from me,…
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nash charles . month eleven | things i always want to remember
“gather courage like- wildflowers.” -jak major things i always want to remember || 01. food is still your favorite- you can’t get enough and would eat all day long if we allowed you 02. a road trip to philadelphia + cincinnati (you love your cousins)…
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mother’s day moments
redefining motherhood it is the look in my mother’s eyes, every time we say goodbye. it is the pregnant girl on the bus, softly singing lullabies to her unborn child. it is the woman staring at the negative pregnancy test, longing, hurting, grieving. it is…