I’ve felt it more times than I can count—the pull to end a conversation prematurely, to back out of a get-together with friends, or to simply leave when I should stay. I’ve noticed lately that I’m almost always the…
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The other day a friend asked to see inside my closet. (Every closet in my house, actually.) 😉 She seemed… surprised (shocked?) that my whole wardrobe takes up about four horizontal feet. “You don’t have a dresser?” “Wait, where are all…
Our unbusy years were beautiful. I mean, I was physically exhausted, like all moms of young kids are, but I was living in a way that felt right for me as a person and for our family as a whole,…
Krista O’Reilly-Davi-Digui, joyful living educator and writer of A Life In Progress. When my mom died, I was devastated. She was my safe space—the one person in the whole world with whom I felt completely safe and known. Her death…
A big welcome to Denaye Barahona of the Simple Families site and podcast. Do you ever wash the sheets? It was the question that started it all. One day while making the bed my husband casually asked me, “Do you…
I knew I was right on the brink of saying something I’d regret. We’d been with our extended families for eight days straight. When you live 600 miles away, your visits tend to last long when they happen. And…