When I sat down to write this post, I decided to check and see when my last Love List post went up because it felt like it had been awhile. Well, it was almost exactly a year ago–yikes! Clearly, there are many things I’ve loved over the last year, but today, I thought I’d share […]

On January 1, I ran my first half-marathon! I have been sharing a little bit of the journey, mostly on Instagram, but in short, after my dad completed an Ironman in April, I decided to start training to run a half with him. I told him “I’m not worried about you, but I’m not getting […]

First of all, thank you so much to everyone who has taken the time to respond to my annual reader survey! I can’t tell you how much I appreciate your kindness, thoughtfulness, and honesty. I’m convinced y’all are some of the loveliest people on the internet and I hope you know how very grateful I […]

After all these years of blogging (it was eight in December!), I usually feel like I have a decent feel for what everyone will enjoy reading. When I started doing my annual reader survey a few years ago, though, I was blown away by how helpful the feedback was! While I certainly want to make […]

Happy New Year!! Don’t be fooled by these photos…this is definitely not what I wore to ring in 2019. On the contrary, I’m typing this at 9 P.M. on New Year’s Eve, already wearing pajamas, with my pre-half-marathon 10:00 bedtime quickly approaching. I might be running as you’re reading this, so a quick prayer would […]

How was your Christmas, friend? Dave and I switch off spending Christmas in New York with his family or in Texas with mine, and this is a Texas year. The last time we were here for Christmas, Charlie was three months old, so needless to say, it has been wildly different! He has loved every […]

While Dave was studying for the CPA, we started talking about taking our first trip for just the two of us since Charlie was born after he passed. Our first thought was some sort of all-inclusive resort in Mexico or the Carribbean…we’ve actually never done a resort-type trip together, and the chance to completely relax […]

Popping in late for a monthly goals post, but on the early side for a year-end review of my 2018 goals, so let’s call it even? :) As you may remember, in an effort to keep my monthly goals from looking exactly like my regular to-do lists, I tried to set one goal per yearly goal […]