Archive: April 2015

Ticking Time Bomb

Today is the day that Doctors guessed Amelia would arrive.  It’s 2:03pm and she still hasn’t made her appearance to the world. It’s at this point that I’m starting to feel like a ticking time bomb.  For anyone who has ever waited quietly for your life to change, you understand the spectrum of wild thoughts

5 Lessons Learned From Cooking Dinner

This is Rena.  You can call her “Rena Beana” or “Renes Beans”–she responds well to fun-loving terms of endearment! Rena is a problem solver. She likes finding broken things and turning them into something pretty and useful. She’s an artist that way. She just had an incredible year of change. Parts of her life were

Spring Cleaning

This is Sue.  She is a unique mix of creative and organized.  She takes some of the most complicated direction I’ve ever seen and then she graphically designs it to be beautiful and intentional. (I’m eternally jealous of her graphic design skills.)  Sue also grows. Some people get stale and resist change. Sue isn’t one

What Caring for Mom is Teaching Me about Life

This is MJ (aka Em Jay).  I look up to her for a lot of reasons but epically for her integrity.  She’s a friend who I’ve been lucky enough to work with. She’s the kind of person I love being around- someone who gets stuff done, is smart in ways that I’m not, experienced but

What I Wanted My Girls to Know by 18

This is Lori. Some friends provide a chance for you to observe their personal life at a close range.  Lori is one of those friends for me. She’s a vulnerable learner, has great style, isn’t afraid to ask questions, and she can be endearingly silly.  One of the things I admire most about Lori is