Archive: February 2015

I WIll Quit Robbing You

This is Rosey.  She is an artist and I asked her to refer to her paintings in this blog post where she responds to what she’s quitting this year.    I am lucky to have smart friends.  In an effort to capture some of their brainpower I asked a few of these smart friends to

Practice Happiness

Over the past years I’ve grown a lot. You know how sometimes you look back and see how much you’ve grown. And a little twinge of embarrassment comes over you as you think about how you were before the growth.  Thankful to be standing, I wish I could have learned more quickly (or less painfully-

Slaying Dragons

I’m pregnant with Amelia.  It was a long journey to get here. Getting here has been good but it has been a scary one with dragons disguised as helpless emotion and big thorny plants that resemble self-pity and can swallow you whole. Luckily I’ve discovered I have swords to slay the dragons and some round-up

These Things You Must Do

I’m not into babymoons—too trendy for me.  But I am into doing fun things.  I’ve heard wise friends tell me to take advantage of all the free time possible before a baby arrives. And by my calculations, Brandon and I have about 10 weeks-ish to live a diaperless, sleep in, sleep all night schedule.  Unfortunately