Creating a vision board that serves you! Don't pour your energy into the "perfect", most beautifully designed board. Instead, pour your energy into determining exactly what you want out of 2019--what are you committed to making happen for yourself this year? Vision boards should be designed to serve two purposes--motivate and insp[...]
Every November my Mom and Stepdad have taken a trip to Playa Del Carmen. Over the years, they have fallen in love with the beach, the food and the people. A little over a year ago they packed up and moved to Playa into a dreamy home by the beach. I was pregnant with Stevie when they moved and I wanted her to get a bit older before[...]
I said NO a dozen times before I said YES. A bottle of unopened lavender sat in my nightstand drawer, a birthday gift from nearly 9 months earlier. My dearest and most trusted friends had already embraced the oily lifestyle and still I stood firm. Because I’m stubborn. And skeptical. And I wasn’t looking forward to an[...]
Parenting, for Ben and me, has been experienced in phases—peaks and valleys... I look back on this photo of the boys and me, taken several years ago, and I’m reminded of the deep deep trench we were in at this time. You wouldn’t know that from looking at this photo. Pictures capture a moment in someone’s life, often con[...]
*Names have been changed to honor privacy. Miss B: You realize that he is an amazing kid, right? Me: Aww, thank you so much! I ruffle Sawyer’s sweaty hair and smile back at his preschool teacher. The same preschool teacher who wrapped her arms around me three years earlier when I was trapped in the defeated and[...]
This right here sums up my boys in a single photo:They're energetic, loud, rambunctious, curios (and of course, loving) little monkeys. They spend their days wrestling and climbing and jumping and swinging and building. They keep me on my toes. And at the end of most every day, the second they fall asleep, I melt into a puddle on the couc[...]
The boys, soaking up their very first ocean view.As much as we need structure, consistency and a schedule to operate at our very best as a family: all four of us get anxious for adventure. We are a family on the move. We like to visit new places, experience new things and break the monotony of our everyday lives. Which is why we are stro[...]
