Dolce Follia
Lucca has felt like home. This has been both a good and bad thing. Good, because we’ve fallen into a mess-of-a-routine that has made a week fly by. Bad, because… Read more Dolce Follia →
Parenting Abroad
This trip has been filled with so many highs and memorable experiences. It has also had its fair share of challenges. We expected them–the challenges–but that doesn’t make them any… Read more Parenting Abroad →
A Birthday for the Books
It feels like forever since I last wrote. Probably because there are so many feelings, thoughts, and experiences that I’ve had since being here. While I want to write about… Read more A Birthday for the Books →
Walking in the Rain
Today, it has been raining practically non-stop in the small city of Carcassonne. There’s been a bite to the air that tells me to put some socks on and make… Read more Walking in the Rain →
The Awkward Stage
I’m in an awkward stage of life. One might say our teens take that title by a long shot, and while it is indeed a formative phase, I personally would… Read more The Awkward Stage →
What’s in a Kitchen?
What’s in a kitchen? I’m not talking about the obvious appliances and cookware that comprise a literal kitchen, but rather what happens in a kitchen. I’m certain that I’ve already… Read more What’s in a Kitchen? →
Keep Calm and Keep it Simple
Newest addition (Alexander) Life has changed so much in the last six months. I now have a 6-month old boy, Alexander, who is such a calm cutie. My daughter is… Read more Keep Calm and Keep it Simple →
Reacquainted
Oh, hello. So nice to see you again. What’s that, you don’t remember me? Not surprising considering my last post was back in April of 2016. It was written thirteen days before Juliana came into this world, yet I feel like I just wrote it. Now she is 9.5 months old. I guess I finally understand why people say, “the days are long but the years are short”. Side note, I never reread my blog posts. I write them candidly, force myself to edit as much as I can before… Read more Reacquainted →