I was a little apprehensive. Clouds had been looming dark and grey across the skies since the day before. The ground was wet from the night’s rain and the smell of it still hung in the air. Before I left the house I checked the weather website one more time (just to make sure)…cloudy but […]

Umm…wow. Can you say overdue? I’ve been dying to post but thanks to my (well-meaning) toddler and a bottle of windex, my modem is no more. However, I’m very lucky to have a guy who is ridiculously more tech-savvy than I and he’d rigged me a solution. Yay! So here’s your next installment of Kisses […]

It was a perfect day. Really. The makeup was applied, the decorations hung,  everyone was calm and smiling, and all throughout was the feeling of love. It permeated the air. Tangible. Real. It’s impossible to not get into the spirit of a wedding day. And this wedding day was perfect. Grace and Lucas were married […]

It’s difficult to put into words. The sort of soft horror you feel when something really terrible has happened. Fuzzy around the edges because you can’t quite believe it yet. That’s how I felt one year ago. Fuzzy. Out of focus.This giant wave of tornadoes hits the southern states—Alabama, and I felt….lost. I was trapped […]

There’s something therapeutic about working outside. The feeling of working with your hands, creating something, and having immediate visual payoff. It’s awesome. This week I was productive. Like, super productive. The weeks of being cooped inside and sick filled me with the need to be doing something. I weeded my flower garden, I re-mulched for spring, […]