Real Romance

When you’re young you think romance is all about flower deliveries, elaborate dates with limousines and fine dining, champagne and expensive gifts and rose petals scattered in your house with scavenger hunts and love notes. Sure, those things are great on occasion, but when you’re young, you have it all wrong. Real romance isn’t about …

Whammy

The thing about pregnancy hormones is that they friggin’ WHAMMY you out of nowhere. One minute you’re all well and good, and then suddenly you’re crying so hard you can’t even manage to take in a full breath so you’re doing that weird stutter breathing thing you did as a kid when you couldn’t get …

Holy Week

My emotions (read: my sanity?) are all over the place these days. Anybody else? I was plenty emotional pre-pregnancy and pre-COVID, but y’all, it’s just next level now. One day, I’m feeling upbeat and positive – finding joy in all the little things, feeling extra grateful for everything (is there a better feeling in the …

Alone, But Not Lonely

I slept like a log last night.  Which is pretty incredible considering we’re in the midst of a global pandemic, on top of which, those of us in Utah experienced a 5.7 magnitude earthquake yesterday, oh and the fact that I’m six months pregnant and generally can’t sleep for more than two consecutive hours without …

Snail Mail & Grandmas

A few years ago, I wrote about snail mail and how much I love it. But I want to revisit it now, thanks to a sweet reminder I received yesterday.  I went out to the mailbox as I do most days, and picked up the stack. Per usual, a few credit card offers, a local …