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Life Recently: A Photo Story
I’m fascinated by documentary style photography. To me, it captures real life...the full story in a way that no other type of photography...
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Lessons from a Rough Night
The other night was rough. Like, breakdown, rip your hair out, give up kind of hard. Don’t ask me why, because I have yet to figure it...
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The Death of the Supermom
Supermom. I like the term less and less. It creates an idea of perfection. It creates division. This is not who I am or an ideal I desire to
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A Thanksgiving Reflection
Three years ago, I had definite plans for my life, but God had different ones (but that’s a long story for a different day. Maybe someday...
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The Wall of No Creativity
I want this blog space to be a place of encouragement, honesty and real life. I want it to be a place to explore my writing and more...
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Fall Exploring
After we moved, one of the first things I did was search for a good park. Little Man loves going to parks, and I wanted to find one as...
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Motherhood: The Good and the Hard
This week, I’ve felt so overwhelmed and inadequate as a mama. I’ve been shorter-tempered and easily angered. I’ve used tv as a...
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Motherhood and Rest
Let's talk a little about rest. Rest is so often neglected in life. School, work marriage, parenting, family time and other...
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Beauty in Breastfeeding
This week is world breastfeeding week! I am a major believer in the incredible benefits of breastfeeding, and in working to normalize it...
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10 Things You May Not Know About Me
Hi Everyone! I've kinda been missing from this space the past week. We've had a lot going on and this has ended up taking the back...