Jack,  I’m writing this the night before your third birthday. It’s way too late for you to be napping, but you are. You’re curled up against me, breathing deep and slow and radiating so much heat that I’m starting to sweat (you’ve always been a little furnace, from day one). The simple act of watching […]

think of last year of all it brought you.  the people you didn’t know the year before who you can’t survive without now.  the nights you got to dance through & the laughter you got to share & the places you went & the lips you kissed & the hope you felt & the things […]

At the beginning of every month, I write a post with ideas of how to spend the days in that month. I started doing it a few years ago out of a desire to experience more joy in the day-to-day, not just in the planned ahead trips and adventures.  Ready or not, 2019 graced us […]