I'm in need of a rest-up-and-replenish kind of day. Maybe you are too. This quote from Jeffrey R. Holland is going to be my new mantra. :) May we all find some time to refill ourselves soon! …
Introducing The Marriage Diaries
I boarded the bus at 6:05am. Pitch black. In the dead middle of a Utah winter. My life had just changed drastically. Granted, it was a change I wanted with all my heart, but that doesn't make the reality of an adjustment magically disappear. I was taking the semester off of school, to do an …
Moving, Looking, Trying: On Finding Passion
I'm beginning to recognize the expression. I see their brows bend together and their shoulders recede almost imperceptibly. I watch as the corner of their lips pulls downward ever so slightly. I talk to women all the time who haven't found their passion. It often starts with a few casual (or …
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13 ways in which I do not have it together
Recently a friend of mine told me that I seem in person just like I seem on the blog—purposeful. Together. Within seconds I was spouting off all the things I am NOT excelling at right now, and I thought it only made sense to share them here! I have lost track of the last time I bathed the …
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Let’s Talk about Fighting
He was looking down at the ipad when he said it. A nonchalant "Just don't talk about it." I don't think he even looked up. We were on a long drive—Ryan and I in the front of the minivan with our three kids strapped in behind us in the middle row. Trenton had a front row seat to our argument. And …
How Productive Are Stay-at-Home Moms?
It came at the bottom of an email. One well-intended parting line that—I'm guessing—would make mothers everywhere cringe. I had emailed her in relation to another venture I'm pursuing. And even though I manage my apartment building, write a blog, and am starting another website, I still introduced …
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