In two weeks, I'm flying gloriously solo to St. Louis, Missouri, to be with some of my favorite people in the world. We will eat, drink, laugh, cry, share, pray, snuggle babies, and reminisce. It's been more than a decade since the nine of us became...
2017 is in full swing but somehow I’m still on my Christmas trip. We’ve been crisscrossing the East Coast for three weeks and it’s been lovely to be with family and friends. I am, however, ready to sleep in my own bed, tackle some longstanding...
It’s Christmas Eve. All is calm, all is bright. I’m snuggled up with our dog, Sam, in a cozy room full of beloved family members napping. Through the almost floor-to-ceiling windows, a stand of trees reaches high into the sky, their branches gnarled and bare,...
“On this mountain the Lord Almighty will prepare a feast of rich food for all peoples, a banquet of aged wine—the best of meats and the finest of wines. On this mountain he will destroy the shroud that enfolds all peoples, the sheet that covers...
Mimi offered to babysit on Saturday. When Mimi offers to babysit, we say, “Yes, please!” and high tail it out of the house. For years I’ve had this fantasy that once we moved home, we would go back to all the places I loved as a...
The other day I watched my daughter petition her Grandmother for “Bubbles.” She calls berries “Bubbles,” but she’s also very into real bubbles so it’s a little confusing to figure out what she actually wants. As she petitioned for the desire of her sweet little heart,...
Hi Ladies, Before we dive into some musings below, I wanted to share a fun idea with you since we’re focusing on hospitality this month. My friends, Lauren and Joel, recently tried a new way of extending hospitality by throwing out four dates to a large group...
I turn 31 this week. Tonight, I’m thinking back on my 30th birthday, an evening spent surrounded by the dearest of friends in Washington, DC. I can’t even believe that was only a year ago, so much has changed. Yesterday, I boarded my one-way flight...
Mastitis is the worst, right? My daughter is almost 17 months and we’re still breastfeeding. I enjoy it, she enjoys it, but we are finally in the process of weaning due to some upcoming travel and my tendency to get breast infections. We had a...
This spring, we had the privilege of grossly overstaying our welcome with one of my nearest and dearest in Austin, Texas. We descended on her family for eight days, and had a blast doing life together with three toddlers between us. We decided that those...