in 2019, i found a journal at target called 2,000 things about me. i love things like this—books full of lists, all about me and what i love. narcissistic? maybe. but honestly, it’s more about the writing than the self-delving. in 2020, after doing some soul homework with my new self, i decided to revisit… Continue reading the many versions of me
i began writing this series in may 2022, not intending to make it a tradition. but it stayed—and so did you. thank you for showing up each month. i ordered a card for anna off etsy, and it came all the way from the uk. 💙 we borrowed my dad's old recliner for mike while he… Continue reading what i kept – february 2026
i'm so sick of the insides of hospitals. if i never see another one again, i'd be fine with that. no matter how skilled or kind the people are, the aesthetic is very much lacking. do not love liminal spaces. adding that to my next list. although the first night mike was in the icu,… Continue reading holding the ordinary
i began writing this series in may 2022, not intending to make it a tradition. but it stayed—and so did you. thank you for showing up each month. lots to talk about today... in a time that feels heavy and uncertain, my oldest daughter is doing something brave in a very quiet way. she’s following a… Continue reading what i kept – january 2026
i feel like a negative post after a gratitude post is kind of necessary. i’m only human, after all—not rainbows and unicorns 24/7. the older i get, the easier it is to list 100 things i don’t love than 100 i do. in fact, i’ve been stuck at 50 things i love in my phone… Continue reading 100 more things i do not love – part four
this post started after reading a friend’s blog in 2023, which reminded me of my daily gratitude journal and how small things add up. i wanted to see what would happen if i wrote down a few good things each day for a whole year—not to show off, but to anchor myself through life as… Continue reading 365 grateful days of 2025
A Grace Full Life 