To love at all is to be vulnerable. Love anything, and your heart will certainly be wrung and possibly broken. If you want to make...

Kristen and I finished another Whole30 in mid-September, which means for 30 days we strictly ate fruit, veggies, meat, nuts, and seeds. For various reasons,...

  Rest and be thankful. ― William Wordsworth Sometimes I think about the early days of our family, when we’d harness babies to our bodies and...

1  |  2  |  3  |  4 The cooler weather is finally lingering here, luring me again to warmer tones and clothing. I’m pulling out...

In the world of digital everything, receiving real mail (even when hand-delivered) can feel like a gift. E-mail is convenient and free, and with so many...

(photo credit: Kristen | Fidelis Studio) Every other year after age 5, we give each of our kiddos the option of a birthday gift or...

One day our life will be quiet and clean just as it was in the beginning before kids, and I always hope that in those...

Whew! I know it’s been pretty quiet in this space as of late. As I’ve mentioned before, this transition has been harder than we all...

We drove over 5000 miles on our trip to the West Coast this summer, just the six of us piled into our ‘Burban. I admit that...

I’m in the kitchen and can hear the tears. I follow their sounds and find Olive crumpled at the feet of the stairs, folded into...