There is a specific kind of magic that settles in during the first week of June. The busyness of the school year has officially folded into the archives, the mornings feel a little softer, and for the first time in months, the clock feels like a friend rather than a taskmaster. This summer, my first real summer break …

While it's technically still spring, summer break has officially begun and that means a whole new season to romanticize! Since this is my first real summer break as a working mom, I'm planning to squeeze every last drop of summer dreaming that I can into these next three months. As with the turn of any season,…

I inadvertently went on a blogging hiatus. I had planned a full schedule of spring posts for you, but between a full-on work schedule and the endless loop of household chores, time simply got away from me. Now, it's hard to believe we are already at summer break! That’s the thing about plans; sometimes they fall i…

One of my New Year’s intentions was to reconnect with a consistent Bible study routine. I landed on Hannah Anderson’s Life Under the Sun, an 8-week journey through Ecclesiastes, for two main reasons. First, my favorite verse is Ecclesiastes 3:11 ("He has made everything beautiful in its time"). Second, this …

There is a specific kind of surrender that happens when the temperature stays below freezing. You look at the driveway, then at the shovel, and you realize that no amount of grit or effort will change the fact that the ground is locked tight. This was my first lesson in wintering: some things cannot be fixed; they can…

Let’s be real: February feels like the 'Wednesday' of the year. I started the month with big plans and a full pot of coffee, but life eventually hit the 'snooze' button for me. Between a sleep schedule that went rogue and motivation that decided to take a sudden vacation, my blog drafts have been chill…

Being snowed in for a week has taught me two things: 1) I love a good cozy hobby, and 2) I am often too overstimulated to actually enjoy it. My brain has this pesky habit of auditing every possible task that "should" be completed before I’m allowed to sit down and do something "fun." It’s a vicious…

We made it (even if it was messy)! We have spent four weeks looking at our lives under a microscope; auditing our past, defining our values, mapping out seasons, and building daily rhythms. I’ll be the first to admit: my 21 days didn't look like the "aesthetic" planners you see on Instagram. There were c…