One. My sister was offered a big girl job with Laura Geller Cosmetics in Columbia, South Carolina. She’s trying very hard to convince me to move there with her. Hmmmm 😉 I’m sad that she’s leaving Colorado, but I’m proud …

7 Things Sunday
Happy Valentine’s Day! I’ll be spending my Valentine’s Day at The Des Moines Catholic Worker House feeding lots of friends with lots of friends. They say the way to people’s hearts is through their bellies soooo, it’s perfect. And last …

7 Things Sunday
A couple of years ago on Superbowl Sunday, four words came out of my mouth that changed everything. I moved back to Des Moines this weekend and in the process of packing up my belongings I found all my old …

Appetites
I started to read the book It Starts With Food. This was written by the people who brought on the Whole30 craze that you hear about everyone and their dog doing. Part of the book discusses how sugary, salty, delicious, shitty …

7 Things Sunday
One. Donald Miller recently wrote a blog that I found really thought provoking. Here’s a little bit of it: “Every healthy thing God created changes. If something doesn’t change, it’s dead. God designed the world so that it is in …

Tenfinity
On December 31, 2005 I was in a big, beautiful ballroom watching my dad get married. To this day it is one of the best weddings I have been to, but at that time it also was one of the …

2015: Fierce
Last year I wrote in this post about how my word/theme/mantra for 2014 was surrender and I then declared 2015: fierce. This year was about trying to be more intentional, braver, sassier and unstoppable. It was about giving whatever was in front of me my …

7 Things Sunday
One. Everybody, this is Evan. He is the most adorable wee Scottish lad I have ever met. I mentioned to his auntie that I missed hearing him come into the coffee shop saying, “Tay Tay!”…and then she sent me this. Be …