Our sweet youngest daughter graduates high school at the end of this week. I can’t believe I’m writing that, because sometimes it feels like Anna just graduated. And yet, somehow, it doesn’t.There are eight years between Anna’s graduation and Ella’s. Only eight years. For some reason, that comforts me a little, because those years feel… Continue reading Eight Years
As part of her English final, Ella needed to do a project on vignettes that reflected her life, similar to the book they had just finished reading. She asked for my help, which always makes me so happy. I got to sit next to my youngest daughter and write one rainy April afternoon. That felt… Continue reading A Car Ride in Destin
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
last october, ally shared a post with 10 questions she answered. i've had mine sitting in drafts ever since. as she steps away from blogging, i've been thinking about how i'll miss posts like hers. this feels like a good time to finally share mine. 1- what is the trait you most deplore in yourself?… Continue reading 10 unique questions
last year, i reflected on how choosing “perspective” as my word of the year ended up shaping so much of how i moved through daily life. this year, the learning didn’t slow down—it just shifted, deepened, and in some ways, softened. i kept adding to the notes app where i’ve been collecting lessons since turning… Continue reading what life’s taught me (so far) – 55 for 55
i never expected that the day i opened my computer that june, my little blog would turn into a years-long journey. what started as sharing organizing tips and baking cookies—because, honestly, the world probably didn’t need another voice telling people how to organize a closet—slowly became something much more personal. over time, the blog shifted… Continue reading 15 years
A Grace Full Life 