I bought this Cold Toes, Warm Heart print from Emily Martin’s Store, The Black Apple, on Etsy a while back and have since followed the creative blog kept by the artist. (The quilt reminds me of one my husband’s great-grandmother made. The girl reminds me of my sisters and my favorite Little House books from...
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I discovered that someone I have long admired for her many talents writes in a thoughtful blog. In looking through her past posts, I wanted to share this inspiring eulogy. I can only hope to live my life with such grace. And, when you finish the box of Kleenex, her post here is so clever...
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Thisyou just have to see.
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When I started this blog about 1 year ago on my 30th birthday, I was keeping a promise to myself to write more and trying to break the sometimes isolating experience of being a parent. I wanted to find and share creative endeavors that can get lost to sleep deprivation. This year, inspired by the...
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I found the coolest, inspiring stationary from this neat company and discovered a new-to-me writer, Tessa Hadley. I am really enjoying her book Sunstroke & Other Stories, but she has written several books getting attention including The Master Bedroom reviewed here . A quick search led me to this great interview with her about mothers...
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I was thinking about some old Trisha Yearwood lyrics this morning, “Don’t even want a drink. Give me some chocolate and a magazine…” Truely. Few things rival. I hope that all of you are blessed with one moment a week that is yours – just yours. I’m still working on it. I am thrilled that...
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I begin each year with new music, blank pages, and more stories in my head than I can get on a page. I’ve noticed my daughter always starts drawing on a completely blank sheet. If there is even one stray mark on a page when she finds it, she turns the page: clean, fresh paper...
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Some dear friends of ours have a new sweet little 4 month old baby. We are all in love with her. The daddy came up with what he calls, “The Dirty Thirty” where the first 30 minutes that he is home in the evening, he runs around the house to pick up and clean as...
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Twice this month, I found something for my daughter for the holidays that was promptly recalled because of lead paint (a Curious George tool bench and a Fisher Price Medical Kit). This has me thinking about a trip I took to Munich in December and how all of the toys sold in the square seemed...
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The email subject alone has me more than a little freaked. My family is spread out throughout the country so this means pre-order, pre-packaging, pre-paring which I have not begun to do. It also means there’s a loud ticking noise reminding me that I only have so much time left to meet my annual billable...
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