Blog: Personal Reflections, Challenges, and Projects.
Motherhood Is
I’ve been thinking a lot about motherhood as my son’s birthday approaches. I’ve realized that it’s no one thing; it’s many things. Thought I’d share a few.
2023 in 3 Words
Thought I’d try to summarize our year in the three words that I ran into again and again: faith, joy, and roots.
Return to Work
As the seasons turn, we prepare to leave the newborn stage and send our son to daycare and ourselves back to work, with heavy - but hopeful - hearts.
Mothers’ Day Musings
Finally taking a few minutes to muse on what pregnancy has taught me about motherhood - with all its contradicting emotions.
Life After Loss
A reflection in light of the new life growing within me on the date that should have been the due date for the baby we lost, and the delicate dance between joy and grief, and the love which unites them.
Top Reads of 2022
I finally took a few minutes to think about my favorite books of the year and to dwell on what the practice of reading taught me in 2022.
Negative Space
While unpacking some forgotten desk supplies, I discovered a sketchbook from 16 years ago, and in it a little wisdom on perceiving reality, in all its glory and all its sorrow alike.
Summer 2022 Review
Summer 2022 was so full of life changes, travel, and newness that if I don’t take the time to reflect on the parts I loved most, I fear the memories will fade into a blur of ocean waves, air travel, and lobster rolls. So here are a few of my favorite things I experienced this summer.
Finding Our Footing
In the last 2 months we’ve visited another country, relocated to a new state, learned we were pregnant, lost that pregnancy. It’s been a time of highs and lows, and on our 2nd anniversary I consider what all it’s taught me about love and marriage.
Dear Amelia
In honor of my 28th birthday, I reflected on the lessons my younger self continues to teach me today.
Turkey Sandwiches
In case you didn’t know, February is Eating Disorder Awareness Month. This is a topic that I, as someone who has struggled with disordered eating for over 15 years, am passionate about. There’s a lot of stigma over what living with disordered eating means, so I decided to tell my story.
Wisdom Below Zero
The first time I read Katherine May’s “Wintering,” I needed to know that all winters come to an end. This time, I realized that I need to learn how to weather the winters.
Beauty and Being Thankful
Over the last year, I turned my natural tendency to see the beauty in life into a daily practice, and it’s illuminated how much has changed in the last year, particularly for the better.
To Love and to Cherish
Over a year after we got married, we finally brought our family and friends together for a weekend I’ll never forget. The experience reminded me of some key truths about love and marriage.
Courage, Dear Heart
Since childhood, I’ve seen myself in the character of C. S. Lewis’ Lucy. More than that, the relationship Lucy has with the lion Aslan helped shape my own relationship with Christ.
3 Things COVID Life Gave Me
As I think back over the last year and half living in a global pandemic, I remind myself of the things this time GAVE me. It reminded me of certain truths, and shifted how I think about and move through life.
Where Do We Go From Here
Earlier this week I finally cleaned out my office for the first time since March 2020, and took a moment to reflect on all that is behind me, and all that is ahead.
Love & War & Peace
After two years of hearing my husband sing the praises of Tolstoy’s War and Peace, I decided to read it for myself and was blown away. I walked away from the novel understanding and appreciating our love, and my husband himself, all the more.
8 Months of Thankfulness
8 months in working from home and 9 days away from Thanksgiving, I’ve been thinking about all the things in my life that I’ve been thankful for during this time. Most of all, I’ve been reflecting on letting the good things in life, not the difficult, define this strange time.