I turned 30 this year. Looking back on the past decade, I've learned so much and grown so much. It didn't always come easily. Your 20's are a decade of becoming, of learning who you are, what you want, and more significantly, what you don't. You're laying the foundation of your life during these ... READ the POST
30 for 30: reflection and advice for this decade
What I Learned Through The Fall
My life fell apart last year. (You probably already know this.) Everything I thought I was building, working toward, establishing, was suddenly gone. My marriage was crumbling as soon as it began, or if we’re honest, in the on-off years leading up to it, and no matter how hard I tried, I was ... READ the POST
A Time To Move
I’m surrounded by boxes: organizing, packing, discarding, all in preparation to move into my new house. I’m awake with to do lists, my thoughts, and the summer night heat. It occurs to me that movement may be the theme for this year, although the irony of the theme throughout my twenty-something ... READ the POST
Light Through The Cracks
Twenty. I lived downtown my senior year of college. I had just returned from studying abroad in Australia and was so excited for my final year in Uni. I was walking to my car in the parking lot, located behind the brewery, the same walk I made every night coming home from work or class. I opened ... READ the POST
What I Learned About Marriage Through Divorce
A life season ago, on an unusually warm day at the end of September, I walked down the long aisle of a stained glassed church and professed my love and commitment to him before 200 of our closest friends & family. We rode in a trolley to take photographs at our favorite locations, lovingly cut ... READ the POST