THE JOURNAL

It’s summer.  Which as a mom and creative entrepreneur this is certainly my HIGH season. I am running on all cylinders at once. Warp speed.  I am planning and packing for day camps, overnight camps, bible camps, sleepovers and playdates with friends and cousins.  I am making lunches, and carving out precious time with the […]

Let me be the first to tell you, this has been a whirlwind summer – and not the globetrotting shooting on top of mountains or anything like that type of whirlwind summer – but we bounced all over the place to shoot & play in the sand every 3 weeks this summer.  And it was […]

I consider myself very much of a word nerd.  I’ve always been drawn to words whether they’re in the form of lyrics, a poem, sayings, written or otherwise.  It really doesn’t matter.  But after my husband Jeff died, I came to honestly fear certain words and I kept them bottled up and wrapped tightly in […]

I came across this quote today and something about it really resonated with where I am in the healing process.  I’ve been in a downward tailspin over the last few days, I can feel grief inching up close to my mind and my heart and as hard as I try to push it way, it […]

Writing for me comes from a place deep inside and it ebbs and flows just like everything else in my life.  My focus over the past 6 weeks has been settling into our new home and community, and it’s left me at a loss for time to sit, think and let it all come out. […]

It almost marks one year ago that Jeff and I took a snowy & cold drive one Sunday afternoon to “peek” at a 100 year old house that popped up on our radar.  At that time, yes we were looking for a new house and were searching for a new place to call home.  No, […]

Those first few days after Jeff died were some of the most amazing days of my life. Yeah, I know that sounds a little bit crazy.  But they were.  Even though I was experiencing some of my darkest days, moments that rocked me to my core and filled me with fear of life without his […]

My littlest love, Nash Jameson turns two today.  Two. My little bundle of joy, the love of my life, this kid with a smile that melts my heart, makes it go pitter patter when he says my name and the one who has made our family whole turns TWO today.  It’s crazy to think that Jeff […]