Last year, my sister and brother-in-law stayed at our place to bring in the new year, so I made a nice brunch and came up with a list of questions for us to answer so we could reflect on the past year and prepare for the one ahead. The idea was for each person to… Continue reading Reflection Questions for the New Year
Pictures above: birthday cupcakes for Liam's class (with mustaches, of course), bridal shower decor, baby shower cake, CJ's little feet, and my dress for the wedding It has been bittersweet to bid 2023 farewell. Personally, it was such a good year. It wasn’t without its challenges and hardships, but the good outweighed the bad by… Continue reading Farewell to 2023
I meant to take Liam on a walk with me a few days ago, but instead I found myself sweeping up the patio and then picking up twigs in our yard as he played nearby. A windstorm had blown a bunch of tumbleweeds into our neighborhood a few days before Christmas, and although I had… Continue reading Tumbleweeds
It seems that we, as citizens of the United States, decided that a worldwide pandemic was the opportunity we needed to finally make good on our New Year’s resolutions—the ones that we had failed to accomplish all the other years. Perhaps the extra time we perceived we would have upon beginning a quarantine caused us… Continue reading With God, Nothing is Wasted
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