Tweet Once upon a starry night in Colorado, exactly nine March’s ago, the gals in this picture made a sacred commitment that I would count as one of the best decisions I’ve ever made. In Amy’s parents’ bubbling jacuzzi we decided that our spring break road trip could not and would not be our only [...]
Tweet She longed for porch friendship, for the sticky, hot sensation of familiar female legs thrown over hers in companionship. She pined for the girliness of it all, the unplanned, improvisational laziness. She wanted to soak the words “time management” out of her lexicon. She wanted to hand over, to yield, to let herself float [...]
Tweet Today marks the start of my birthday month, and anyone who knows me realizes that I love my birthday. I realize this is somewhat narcissistic because I’m basically saying that I love gifts, attention and celebration centered around me. But, I can’t help it–birthdays bring me joy and I love celebrating mine as well as other [...]
Tweet My friend Ashlee is the Managing Editor at The Violet Online, and this basically means that when I asked her if I could write an article for their upcoming winter issue, she said yes. It also means that I got to attend a mid-week brunch at her house a few Thursdays ago because she [...]
TweetAfter a pretty horrible pre-Christmas week, our vacation redeemed a lot of the feelings of tiredness and brokenness that we were feeling. Sadly, there is not a photo of the fun fondue dinner party I hosted at my parents’ house. Sarah, Lauren and Katie all came and it was wonderful. I’ve known Sarah and Lauren [...]