Today I met up with John, an old friend I’ve known for half of my life, but haven’t seen in about nine years. He had yet to meet V and we hadn’t caught up in a long time. But like any good friendship, we picked up right where we left off and soon I was … Continue reading
I already mentioned that I’m a big podcast girl. Lately, having gone through every Oprah podcast available, I started listening to the Magic Lessons podcast with Elizabeth Gilbert, author of Big Magic (and, of course, Eat, Pray, Love). They are a lot about creativity and living as an artist, and a lot about life, … Continue reading
Today, my friend Elizabeth visited and we just played, went to Target, and had lunch. I don’t know how she did it, but she captured the real essence of V and our relationship. It was such a treat to see these photos. V loves to laugh right now and I’ll do almost anything to get … Continue reading
Over a year ago, my friend Marianne (you know her from the How to Make a Vision Board post) suggested something kind of radical to the rest of our group. Rather than a gratitude journal, she wanted to start a gratitude text chain. Just the four of us, every single night, as the day ended. … Continue reading
There are two moments in my day that I have the joy of dropping my inner dialogue, forgetting the very long to-do list ahead of me, and fully reveling in the present moment. They are when I exit my car, and when I go to my car at the end of the day. Where my … Continue reading
Do you believe in redemption? Do you? My favorite stories are always the ones where the hero (or the villain) changes his mind at the last minute. Has the big revelation. Calls off the plan to detonate. Saves the hostages, frees his captive. Cries pretty, and sees the light. Redemption. You can redeem yourself if … Continue reading
I was eating lunch at work today when I thought I saw a woman almost totally eat it on the gravel to my left. Then I noticed she kept leaping back and forth, and realized it was my sister! Whom I had just been chatting with on Instagram, but I thought she was in Chico! … Continue reading
Today I had the moment every mother fears. And then blames herself for. We were finishing up at the market, getting ingredients for tonight’s final dinner (read: I had a goal to make dinner four Mondays in a row). We were putting back V’s little play shopping cart that Whole Foods lovingly provides and she … Continue reading
Today C took us to something so fun! Funbox! Funbox is a pop-up museum/experience in our area. I had sort of been hearing about it but didn’t know it was so close to us. C told us to get dressed and we had no idea what we were in for. People say it all the … Continue reading
What could it look like to just soften? What could it be like to not watch myself in the mirror, to not look for skin pudge-ing out over my bra, or hanging over the waistband? How could life be without saying to myself, Well, before I had a baby, I looked like ________ / I weighed … Continue reading
small life, slow life 