I woke up the next afternoon in my own bed with my chambermaid sitting in the chair beside me. She immediately stood and offered me a drink of water while I waited for the…
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While Bridget is looking onward and upward and JoAnna is learning to fly (literally!), I will be looking forward and at my side mirrors, trying not to stall. Or attempting to get out of park…
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culture & community relationships & love sisterhoodWhen Things Aren’t What You Expected (Because They’re So Much More)
The more I travel the more my boundaries are pushed and the smaller the world becomes. Despite my (sometimes) heart stopping discomfort of flying I still force myself, from time to time, to get on a…
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Little did I know it at the time, but during my last month of university I was assigned a painting project that would prove to be unexpectedly transformative. My instructor sent us out around…
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I have just moved, and because there’s not much to unpack, Briana’s post made me sorely miss the constant rearranging and curating of one’s environment and one’s stuff. This is why I have been…
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It seems I cannot write unless it is something I am passionate about. My post is a day late because of this. I was going to post some poetry I had written over the…
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I was so impressed by Vania’s pictures of her house as featured in a magazine that I was inspired to search my own small one-bedroom apartment for the little things I’ve put together over the…
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During the design process of our house, my husband and I flipped through home design books, magazines, and websites, diligently bookmarking and saving pictures. I have hundreds of pictures of house exteriors and interiors…
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pregnancy & parenting relationships & love sisterhoodStaying on the Dock (or: a short story response)
Amanda B’s image The heat of the sun gives me a warm-contented type feeling. I close my eyes but turn my head toward the heat which causes the insides of my eyelids to turn…
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The dock bobs in the waves as I hang, crouched on the top step of the ladder, contemplating how the cool water will feel if I just let go. My toes tingle in the…