Let me try to describe my Lent so far in four words: beautiful, devastating, chaotic, hopeful. It has been one of those months, and it is within that strange context I wrote my latest piece for Velvet Ashes (a whopping three weeks past deadline). The ladies over there are gentle with me, and...
Read moreHere & Now (and a belated Hello)
Leigh tells me it's about time for the monthly What I'm Into blog link-up. And right now I'm underneath a burgundy throw, feet up on an Amish ottoman, watching The Daily Show from a Kansas sitting room.
Read moreThe marriage bed
When Matt first brought me home to the brownstone apartment in Oak Park, we laid down in the marriage bed belonging to his grandparents. It was thick and dark, heavy old wood, storing memories like secrets we would never know. I guess you would call it mid-century, all clean lines and right angles and the start of our prairie life together.
Unfortunately, we broke it less than a year in, the victim of a tickle fight. I swear.
Read moreDear Sister {On your engagement}
Dear Sister,
I've had tears in my eyes all weekend. Dumb ocean. Of course I missed the 2 am (and then the 3am) texts. Of course cell reception would be bad. Of course I wouldn't hear your voice tell me those sweet words. Of course your world would be sleeping, while mine would be rejoicing, wanting to shout from rooftops.
Of course, none of that matters.
Read moreWordless wednesday {anniversary edition}
