dear me,   don’t forget a moment from today.  smile every time these memories cross your mind. remember falling over into a heap of laughter as your marshmallow fondant cow fell apart.  remember every sugar-induced giggle that overtook your little ones as they shoveled chocolate chip pancakes into their little mouths.  remember your husband telling […]

I laid there unable to keep my mind from doing double back-flips with an arabesque. My heart began to race.  And that eery all-the-blood-just-left-my-extremities came on in a flash. It’s officially begun. The countdown.  And the holy-cow-I’m-going-to-lose-it-moments. The truth is? I’m scared.  Really scared. I’m scared of chasing this dream.  I’m scared of moving.  I’m […]

Sweet little lady,   The truth is, tears welled up in my eyes as I looked through these pictures.  They are so YOU.  I remember every moment.  Every giggle.  Every dance.  Every tribute to “the Robot”. Thank you for letting me capture you. I love you more than you could ever imagine.  And being your […]

Hugs.  Giggles.  Juice.  Dance Moves.  Staring Contests. But most of all…memories. The kind that leave a smile. Here’s a little glimpse of a precious family I got to spend time with over the weekend…

You know those emails (or letters) that bring tears to your eyes because you’re so scared to press send? The ones where you finally ask. You come clean about that. You tell the person how you really feel .  You let that acquaintance know how they made a difference in your life.  You inform that […]

why Atlanta? I’ve gotten it quite a bit. I usually look at my shoes.  And then try to avoid eye-contact as I mutter out some lame explanation involving oppressive winters, costs of living and other equally boring things. Because the real answer is a lot harder.  It sounds sketchy.  Immature.  Odd. The real answer? We’re […]

Today happened. The past few months have been so full…so much… that it sometimes blurs together.  Today was following suit.  Just another day trying to move forward and not be overwhelmed. And then I stopped. I grabbed my camera. I watched my kids.  And took pictures.  And I embraced that moment.  I recorded it.  So […]

Dear Me,   Trying to diminish who you really are and what you can really do doesn’t actually do any good to any one. And that guilt?  Yeah…  Same thing.  It does no one any favors. It’s time to live into who you really are.  Take all that energy you spend comparing yourself, pretending your […]

The truth? This past year I lost myself. My entire self. Somewhere between those days I spent in a hospital begging God to not let me lose my mom, that morning when I woke up at the age of 28.4 and literally could not walk, that day I had to look into my precious little […]

Dear Little Miss,   Today we went through almost every emotion you have.  And probably most of mine.  And I got frustrated. But you know what?  I adore you. You are the one that made me a mom in the first place.  You are my unexpected little one.  You changed my life forever in the […]