if you’re here for the first time, welcome! you’ll be able to find the other parts of this series here. 1- favorite beatle: george harrison; favorite brady: bobby; favorite monkee: mickey; favorite friend: phoebe; favorite muppet: kermit. 2- our town had a frisbee golf course installed in the woods near our home. i never see people… Continue reading things i want to remember – part 35
holding the ordinary
i'm so sick of the insides of hospitals. if i never see another one again, i'd be fine with that. no matter how skilled or kind the people are, the aesthetic is very much lacking. do not love liminal spaces. adding that to my next list. although the first night mike was in the icu,… Continue reading holding the ordinary
what i kept – january 2026
i began writing this series in may 2022, not intending to make it a tradition. but it stayed—and so did you. thank you for showing up each month. lots to talk about today... in a time that feels heavy and uncertain, my oldest daughter is doing something brave in a very quiet way. she’s following a… Continue reading what i kept – january 2026
100 more things i do not love – part four
i feel like a negative post after a gratitude post is kind of necessary. i’m only human, after all—not rainbows and unicorns 24/7. the older i get, the easier it is to list 100 things i don’t love than 100 i do. in fact, i’ve been stuck at 50 things i love in my phone… Continue reading 100 more things i do not love – part four
365 grateful days of 2025
this post started after reading a friend’s blog in 2023, which reminded me of my daily gratitude journal and how small things add up. i wanted to see what would happen if i wrote down a few good things each day for a whole year—not to show off, but to anchor myself through life as… Continue reading 365 grateful days of 2025
what i kept – december 2025
i began writing this series in may 2022, not intending to make it a tradition. but it stayed—and so did you. thank you for showing up each month. source these candies (my dad's and ella's favorite) are normally half this price. found this in my phone - from ella when she was little source ella is… Continue reading what i kept – december 2025