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Starting with words
The past year has been a blur.My first full year being a mother hasbeen filled with so many firsts: my little guy’s 1st foods, words, crawls and eventually steps. The wonder in his eyes as he...
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Simplicity
Little guy & I spent some time with my brotherthe other night. For over an hour, Logan wastotally entertained by two small cat toys.It had more to do with my my brother and hisability to make...
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Heart
Taken with LG Optimus S"A single word can be a powerful thing. It can be the ripple in the pond that changes everything. It can be sharp and biting or rich and soft and slow. From my own personal...
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Wordle
So this is my current blog "wordle."I love doing this now and then tosee what comes up. I love that"heart" is the biggest word in thecenter considering it's "my word" for2011, but I also noticed...
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Loss
LossSometimes there are no words to soothe the aching in someone'sheart. And despite our bestefforts, another's pain is notalways ours to heal. It exists.It is a real, pulsing, undeniable thingthat...
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No other way
WOw. Is it seriously possible I havenot blogged since February? The realizationmakes my heart ache. I feel like I amfinally getting to a place in this crazybusiness of motherhood to begin...
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In the beginning
In the beginning, there was a blog. And a girl ~ who had always loved words and the magical way they could express the poems that lived in her heart. It wasn't always easy. But the longing for...
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Grateful
Everyone has told me. I can see and feel it myself. This time is fleeting. Watching my baby boy grow and blossom at lightning speeds, amazed by the things he knows already and how this little person...
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A little time
Carving out some time. Looking for inspiration. Finding it where I usually do . . .
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Along the Way
It’s so easy to get bogged down inall the things we’re unhappy aboutin our lives. All the ways we’vefailed in the past, worries thatwe can’t live the lives we’veimagined for ourselves. But those...
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Bursting at the Seams
This is one of my favorite photos ~ one of my favorite memories. J, the dude, & I took a road trip toMinnesota last September. We stayedin a hotel with a pool and an awesomemini splash area that...
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Old Patterns. Fresh Start.
When I sit down to write, I'm usuallytrying to work through something, find a way,figure something out. But I'm not really sure where to go when there are no good answers. I'm learning to accept that I...
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The Little Things
Little ThingsI live for the little things.The tiny bits of grass that pop up between cracks in the pavement,watching the golden streaks of sun kiss the sky goodnight,the way my son's hair curls around...
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Voice
When I think of the word voice, I don't just think of the sound that comes outof someone's mouth when they speak.I don't think of a certain song or theway a singer's voice resonates as their words echo...
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Open Road
There's something about being on the open roadthat clears the senses, makes things new again.Fresh air, green grass, the intoxication thatlingers when half your view is open sky.And so your journey...
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Finding Your Mojo
It always surprises me.How easy it is to lose somethingso important. Maybe it's thrownin the backseat next to an emptywater bottle or it slipped out through that hole in your pocket you've been meaning...
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Fear of Failure
"Do one thing every day that scares you."~Eleanor Roosevelt I am one of those people whothinks 10 steps ahead beforeI make any kind of decision.Sort of kills the notion of spontaneitysometimes, but,...
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Buds and birds and . . . beginnings
"Buds and birds and . . . beginnings." ~ S. KurzThat line is such a simple, perfect expression of spring, and I'm desperate to get to that place. Not just on the outside but on the inside.When winter...
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Leap
I doubt myself. A lot.And that can be a bit of a challenge, to say the least, when you are asmall business owner who must surviveon trying to promote what you do and,ultimately, who you are. I am...
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Along the Way
It’s so easy to get bogged down inall the things we’re unhappy aboutin our lives. All the ways we’vefailed in the past, worries thatwe can’t live the lives we’veimagined for ourselves. But those...
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