Category: Personal
-
Lola’s Library Theme Birthday Party
This year for Lola’s third birthday, we did a Library/Vintage Book theme, based on a vintage Little Golden Book called, appropriately, Happy Birthday. Reading books together is one of Lola’s favorite things, so I wanted to capture that about her little…errr, big, personality right now. She often requests the same book several nights in a […]
-
Lola’s Elmo Garden Party Theme Birthday Party
Lola turned two in April, but we purposely waited until last weekend to have a party to celebrate, until all of the adults in our families were fully vaccinated. I’m glad we did, as it was a beautiful 80 degree day and we were able to soak up the sun while all being together again- […]
-
Infertility Awareness Week
Infertility Awareness Week is April 18-24. In the past year, infertility has become a bigger part of my life than I had ever expected or wanted. I’ve been pretty open about my cancer diagnosis, treatment, and on-going health issues as a result on my blog, but for some reason, I chose not to share until […]
-
Letter to My Little Lola on the Eve of Her Second Birthday
My Sweet Lola Judy, Somehow putting you to bed tonight feels so significant. I am putting my baby to bed and in the morning you will wake up a two-year-old. I just want to make time stand still. This week I looked through all the photos of you on my phone from the past year […]
-
Bringing Blogging Back
Because 2020- and, truly, 2021 thus far- has been hard on us all, I’ve been doing some thinking. One of the results of said thinking is a plan to try some new things this year, including with my photography business. Since writing has always been something I enjoy (English teacher here!), this seems like a […]