Family

Finding Home

I've fallen deeply in love with New York City. I feel the butterflies buzzing around in my stomach even when I have to navigate the mundane routine. Yet everyone knows that when it's true love, the words "mundane" and "routine" cease to exist. This is...

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Halloween, City Style

Halloween is my most favorite holiday. It always has been. Last year, we had lived in the city for just two months and I couldn't bear to celebrate here. I was plagued with homesickness and it just felt like the right thing to do to go...

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Full Circle

When I was seven, I moved with my mom and my sister from the suburbs of Cleveland, Ohio to the Bay Area, California. I was the cool kid in my hometown, a fantastic student (I was the Student of the Day nearly every single day),...

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Confession

We've been really fortunate. Since moving here in August of last year, our parents have visited many times and the kids and I have been back to California twice. This move wasn't expected to be easy in any regard, but especially when it came to...

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City Kids

It's hard for me to believe that we've been here in Manhattan for almost 8 months. It sounds like a long time, and when I think about our life in the Bay Area it feels like we've been here for an eternity. Yet those eight...

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Word(less) Wednesday

I just can't help myself. I have to share these amazing photos that my friend Helene at Hellybee Photography took of my mom, my sister, the kids and I. Words really cannot express how much I love these pictures...

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Repair

Hi friends! It's been a long time. I haven't even opened my reader since before Christmas, but I've missed you all! I've missed this a lot. I needed to take a much needed hiatus from blogging in order to do some maintenance on my marriage...

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My Heart in 12pt Georgia

I'm back from a short hiatus. We spent the weekend on the beach celebrating Father's Day and I have just now gotten my bearings and settled back in to the normal routine. It was an absolutely gorgeous weekend that I will not soon ever forget. I'm...

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