• Pray for Owen

    Readers, will you pray with me? One of my dearest friends gave birth to a precious boy Owen on Sunday evening, and yesterday they found out he has a congenital heart disease called Shone’s Complex. It is serious and very scary, and my heart breaks for what they are all going through. Owen is undergoing

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  • Fighting the Ugly Feelings, Shopping Edition

    Twice in the last week I was hit with The Ugly Feelings. First, when I was walking the aisle of Target, admiring all of their super cute spring stuff that just hit the shelves. And second when I walked into an antique store and perused the collection of treasures and trinkets nestled in boxes and

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  • Currently

    Reading One thousand gifts.  Anticipating warm weather soon. Listening to Ellie Holcomb. Dreaming of a vegetable garden. Thankful I survived the snow-storm traffic jam last week. Savoring the days growing lighter. Waiting impatiently for two friends to have their babies this week. Counting the days until I leave for Haiti. Struggling to blog on a regular basis. Cooking lots of

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  • I am going to Haiti

    In the last few days of 2013, J and I sat across from each other on our couch and talked about this year. We didn’t really know what 2014 would hold, which is pretty rare since we would normally have 10 things on the calendar by January 1st. (Our calendar now, however, is back to normal

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  • My Life in Watercolor

    Happy Wednesday! This past weekend I found the Waterlogue app from someone I follow on Instagram, and decided to buy it. It turns your photos into watercolors, and is pretty neat to see the way it transforms a normal photo into a piece of art. Here are some of my favorites: New Year’s day brunch

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  • February Goals

    It’s February! The month of love. I am really excited about this month, mainly because two of my friends are having babies sometime in the next four weeks. Huzzah! Otherwise, it should be a pretty quiet month of routine. We had our first real snow last week, which means I’m satisfied with winter and ready for

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