Two-thousand and thirteen sleeps. Two-thousand and thirteen dreams. One night sleep (or five small ones from the time you were born to 11 months — we were all very tired together!), two naps for a while and now just one. About two-thirds of those, I got to rock you to sleep, close to my heart. As close as I could get you. That’s where you always want to be. Close to my heart, I have sung you a thousand songs…
Big thanks to The Everygirl for sharing the Southern Weddings story and more from Nicole and me today. I thought I’d give y’all a closer look at our day-to-day and let you hear more about our office from all the Southern Weddings ladies! So, welcome to our office, friends! Little-known fact: I have worked from home since day one! The whole second floor of our house is Southern Weddings HQ. We all love it so much! It’s cozy and so…
Being grateful is work sometimes. Really hard work. I get so bogged down with email and to-dos and life moves so fast some days that I completely lose sight of the gifts right in front and inside and all around me. Let’s look at some of the gifts of this moment: I have fingers to type this. Ten of them! I have a nose to breathe clean air through. I have a cup of water sitting next to me. Clear,…
UPDATED: Abbie is the randomly-chosen winner! : ) I’ve felt this need to get my LIFE in order since Grace was born. Having her made me feel this immediate need to take responsibility for the areas of my life where I felt I wasn’t so skilled and I felt like I finally had to do the things I had on my mental Life To-Do List. This may sound strange, but I was ready to grow up. The kind of growing…
One of the biggest things I learned from the Making Things Happen Conference last week was that I have been feeding myself a lot of negative mental junk lately. I’ve been telling myself I can’t write this book. I will fail. I am not a good writer. So, I am fighting to re-write that dialogue in my head and in my heart. You see, we do this to ourselves. This self-sabatoge is what holds us back from greatness. At our…