I recently had a special opportunity to get together with a bunch of my favorite Southern California bloggers to take a trip down to the Petunia Pickle Bottom headquarters in Ventura for a celebration of the Grand Opening of their flagship store AND the launch of their new Spring line. My Petunia Pickle Bottom di[...]
Try this. Writing your "enough statement". A statement about all the beauty and goodness you see within YOU. Because it's healthy ya know. To love yourself. So put it out there. Make it true. Read it out loud, and then believe it. Believe that you are enough. And then, pretty please with a cherry on top, have the cour[...]
Holy tangent! I'll just leave it at that, you'll see. *** There are so many posts that live in my mind for months before I find the words to put them down on paper...so many. This is one of them. Remember my break/quarter-life-crisis/whatever-you-want-to-call-it? Because it's sorta relevant to this post. There's been[...]
At least two days a week I get all teary-eyed while I watch parents warmly embrace their children at the front gates of school as I pick up Wesley in the afternoon. I watch the same routine every day. Parents pull up to the curb, exit their car, readjust their jackets and scarves, put their hands in their pockets and anxiously await[...]
Waiting on the trash man...his favorite day of the week. A wise person I know recently pointed out a defense mechanism I exercise a bit too frequently. Self criticism. Putting myself down before others get the chance to. Nothing too serious. It’s not like I hate myself. It’s more like I’m trying to pro[...]
card design and printing c/o River and Bridge follow along on instagram via @littlemissmomma How sweet it was to open our very first handmade gift that Wesley made for us at preschool. It was a set of hand painted greeting cards. I may have shed a tear or two. Please note my temporary solution to not yet having hung[...]
It’s been hard for me to find the words to share what I need to say in this post. Being a better listener. This has been a more recent personal goal of mine. Ever since this girl entered my life, I’ve made a more conscious effort to be the friend who listens. Like really listens. Who hears the words coming out of your mouth b[...]
