You might remember that in December we moved into a new (to us) home, an hour south of where we had been living. We're on the outskirts of San Jose, California, now, which means tire swings to borrow, hills to explore, a Walmart in the vicinity, and the earthy, familiar smell of livestock drifting …
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It was my favorite time of day. An hour before sunset. We pulled into a dirt parking lot, empty except for one car. Underneath a big, gnarly tree sat a couple, close together, on a picnic blanket. Our three kids scampered down the hillside to a fallen tree. Quickly, one became an engineer, the …
Continue Reading about Sometimes You Just Need to See Yourself from Someone Else’s Point of View
How often do you gather up your fragile sense of self and willingly hand it away? If wholehearted living means never putting our worth on the table, it means first starting to take notice of the times when we do. Today—a simple reminder that you are you, and that's enough. You are still you, even …
Last year, I was surprised at how often I referred back to my post on the nuggets of wisdom that stuck with me in 2013. Documenting them was the perfect way to make sure those little lessons became a part of me—for longer than that one year. 2014 was full of learning for me, so I want to remember …
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In the car, she's always reaching out to hold her brother's hand or just rest her hand on his arm. When she was tiny, he would feed her a bottles in the car when nothing else would keep her from wailing. As she grew, he'd hand her toys or fruit snacks; he'd distract her by pointing out birds flying …
A few weeks ago, a sweet friend invited our family over for dinner. She made an amazing meal, complete with jarred food from her summer garden, surrounded by home projects she had made herself. She has more kids than I do and seemed totally good with that. Heavens, the apron she wore was probably …
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Twelve years ago, I decluttered my kids’ toys under the glow of a flashlight as they slept. That one change gave me so much relief that I continued until I’d decluttered more than half of what we owned. ✨
I suddenly felt like I could engage with my loved ones, not just clean up after them. I believe every woman deserves the same.
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