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    Yours Truly: The Lost Art of Connection Through Letter Writing

    Can you believe it’s mid-April already!? This has been such a busy month so far for…

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    On Writing: A Letter to Myself One Year Ago

    Dear me (one year ago), You’re about a month into a global pandemic by now (one…

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    On Writing: A Letter to My Childhood Self

    Dear little me,  I have written you so many letters in my mind through the years.…

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    Love Card Giveaway 2021

    Well hello there! I don’t know about you, but January seems like it just flew by…

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    How to Send a Hug

    With Valentine’s Day right around the corner, we’ve been talking a lot about love and all…

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    This is What I Tend To Do

    It’s 9:30pm and I’m sitting at my semi-cleared off desk in the office and wondering if…

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    Excerpt: Going with the Flow

    This is an excerpt of guest blog post “Going with the Flow” that I was honored…

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    Frivolous Friday: Creating for Joy

    Last night before I shut down my computer and headed up to bed I decided I…

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    On Writing with Purpose

    Last month I took an incredible writing workshop with Sonya Spillman called Writing With Purpose. For…

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    On Writing: Musings from the Meadow

    "We drank in the smells of the ripe spring air, thick with honeysuckle and freshly cut…

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Focus on what you can control // art + quote by @b Focus on what you can control // art + quote by @blessthemessy⁠ ⁠ // Back when I used to coach competitive youth soccer, one of my favorite quotes I would say to my girls was to "control the controllables." I'd remind them often - "you can't control the weather, the calls that the ref makes, the condition of the pitch, what the parents are yelling from the sidelines, or how the other team will play but you CAN control how you show up and what you leave on the field."⁠ ⁠ It took me years before I realized how valuable and applicable this quote is for everyday life. It's a good reminder for me to give myself most days. A grace for all of us to give ourselves. ❤️⁠
These two have been in cahoots since day 1. Still These two have been in cahoots since day 1. Still going strong in the hooligans club! 💙 They are practically inseparable. Their loyalty and love for one another runs deep. Don’t get me wrong... They fight like cats and dogs and some days it seems like a WWF throw down going on inside these walls. Sharing is not all it’s cracked up to be and life can be unfair sometimes and bedtime is “boring” and remembering to not jump on the couch is hard. But at the end of the day, having a built in best friend to spend your days with can’t be beat. 📷 by @katimallory
A handful of gratitude on a muggy Monday ❤️ T A handful of gratitude on a muggy Monday ❤️ The littlest is finally feeling better 🙌 • My online creative writing course is going really well and I have the most incredible people participating ✍️ • Wrote my morning pages today after a few months of not doing them 📝 • Made plans for dinner tonight before dinner time (this is a big one after how burnt out I’ve been on cooking lately!) 🍽 • Had a really good long talk with a friend earlier who encourages and inspires me and helps keep me grounded 🙏 What are you grateful for today? 🥰
The surf crashes around us, soaking the shorts I h The surf crashes around us, soaking the shorts I had not intended to wear this far out into the waves, rising up and swelling as high as your chest as you squeal with delight and steady yourself against the thrashing current. Your blue eyes shine so brightly, reflecting the sun and the water, burning the sound of your jubilant laughter into my memory forever. This is you in your truest element, the most wild and free I have ever witnessed your soul to be in your few short years of life. I would love to freeze this joy in my heart until the very end of time. I love you my little son-shine. ☀️❤️
Where do you prefer to get your fresh air and suns Where do you prefer to get your fresh air and sunshine? ☀️🌿 If I had to choose one favorite place I'd have to say... the beach. I've always been an outdoor enthusiast though so really, I love to soak it in almost anywhere - beach, river, lake, mountains, my back yard... it's always such a game-changer for a slumpy day. Nothing turns a bad day around faster for our crew.⁠ ⁠ // “Some old-fashioned things like fresh air and sunshine are hard to beat. In our mad rush for progress and modern improvements, let’s be sure we take along with us all the old-fashioned things worthwhile.” - Laura Ingalls Wilder / art by @1canoe2⁠ ⁠
It’s one of those days where I don’t have a we It’s one of those days where I don’t have a well-thought out caption to share but I really wanted to post this. I love a good quote and they always catch my eye when other people share them so I’m in a permission-giving “you do you” mindset for myself with IG today. I feel like this social media platform has begun to evolve into a space where we have to “give the people what they want” if we want to stay “relevant” in the algorithm but the rebel in me just isn’t having it. And mostly for two main reasons, one being that I’m too dang busy in my life to spend hours upon hours creating Reels and perfectly curated posts that don’t align with my values or best intentions. And secondly because when I started this journey and created this account, I decided that it would be a space that I would “keep it real” and hold space for us to show up as our most genuine authentic selves. I want to BE here sharing the things that bring me joy. Things that inspire me... motivate me. I want this space to offer solidarity and connection. The messy right alongside of the beautiful. I’m NOT here with intent to beat an algorithm or exhaust my creative energies producing content that doesn’t meet me where I want to be. Let’s buck the system, take back these small squares for ourselves (and each other!) and let our hearts lead the way!
A handful of gratitude for a sunshiney afternoon ☀️ 🏖 A morning well spent boogie boarding and playing with our friends on the beach 🦀 Plans for a delicious seafood steamer pot for supper 💤 Being lulled to sleep for afternoon naps by sound of crashing waves 🐚 Pocketfuls of seashells that the boys keep bringing me to carry home for them 💙 The comfortable way old friends fall into sync with each other and time slows down to hold onto these moments together @crgrahamcrna
Back at our happy place for a week of replenishing Back at our happy place for a week of replenishing our souls 💙
GIVEAWAY CLOSED!! Congratulations @lightcreativea GIVEAWAY CLOSED!! Congratulations @lightcreativeart and @magsmccreery on winning!! 🎉❤️ ———————— It’s my bday weekend 🎉 and this year I wanted to do something special to celebrate with all of you! So I decided to host a giveaway with a few of my favorite things that have me feeling super excited about summer! Two lucky winners will receive all three things listed below! ✨ Summertime enthusiast extraordinaire, Kelle Hampton @etst has teamed up with @the_grace_effect to create the most wonderful summer-camp inspired candle collection and I got mine in last week and I LOVE it! It smells divine! So of course, that was the first thing that came to my mind for a bday giveaway! You’ll even get to choose which one you want! ✨ The book Share Your Stuff, I’ll Go First by @laura.tremaine has been SO fun to read and discuss with some of my wonderful friends over the past few months and so I wanted to include this one because I thought it would be such an exciting book to read for the summer! Plus it’s all about connection which I think we are ALL craving after this past year! ✨ Last and CERTAINLY not least, I’m including a 1-month card subscription to a favorite card company of mine! @1canoe2 I have a regular monthly subscription so each month I get 5 new cards from them which are always AMAZING! It’s such a fun surprise to see what they send and then to decide who I’ll send my cards to! I thought this would be a great prize to include with summer right around the corner - who would you send your cards to!? I can’t wait for summer to get here and I’m so excited about all the fun we have planned for the next few months! 🍉 What are YOU most looking forward to? The rules to enter are simple: ☀️Follow me 👍🏼 Like this post ⛱ Comment with what you’re most looking forward to this summer! ————————— 🍦For a bonus entry: Tag a friend you’d love to connect with this summer! (one per comment) This giveaway will end on June 3rd and winners will be announced Friday, June 4th. Limited to participants only in the U.S.
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