As I sit here catching up on This Is Us, this commercial keeps playing that reminds me "The best is yet to come." Inspiring, right? Life gets better from here on out! Yay! Sorry if I sound sarcastic. Part of me is, yes, but I am confident there will be wonderful times ahead and even… Continue reading My Ebenezer, at 35
It's December 5th. Less than 3 weeks until Christmas. How ya feeling? Do you feel all warm and fuzzy and present and ready to celebrate and host and soak in the magic of Christmas? Or, do you feel like I do? A little overwhelmed by the gifts to get, the boxes to wrap, the groceries… Continue reading Advent and Anticipation
Is Five Minute Friday still a thing? Years ago, I remember a former colleague posting about how she followed a site that challenged them to write for 5 minutes on a certain topic and see what developed. Well, since it's Friday and my husband just told me to sit and write for 5 minutes and… Continue reading Together: A Life Update
Oh heeeeyyyy! Over here! Yes, right here! Sitting amid a crap-ton of clutter and noisy children and random projects that got started and never finished. I'm alive and kicking, despite my complete silence on the blog. It's been a crazy winter and as we head into spring time, I wanted to take a second to… Continue reading
This morning, my 18 month old carried his nursing pillow to me, dropped it at my feet and then looked confused on what he was doing. When I asked him what he wanted, he started to sign the word for "milk," but got it jumbled and then just walked away. It's been a week and… Continue reading 2,133 Days: I Did That
The internet is a funny place. It's a place where we share so much of ourselves and yet, nothing at all. It's a place for us to share our thoughts, our words, our art, our pictures, but can we actually ever share ourselves in such a venue? I started The Natural Lens with a goal… Continue reading Pull Back the Veil
Yesterday, the first Tuesday of September, was Art Drop Day! It's a day when local artists hide various pieces of art around the city, give clues on social media (#artdropdenver) and then people hunt and find it! Last year, we heard about this event with only a few days notice, but managed to drop a… Continue reading Art Drop Denver
After a really full day doing Art Drop Denver yesterday, today I awoke with no small amount of trepidation. I was tired from the day before, knew we had a busy day ahead and was full of doubts as to how it would go. Today was Start School Day. For 5 years now, we've operated… Continue reading Starting Anew; Starting School
Tonight, my four year old said she didn't want to live with me anymore. Tonight, my four year old picked her new family, said she'd pack her toys and that she'd be ok to go live with her friends. Tonight, my four year old proved that kids are hurtful and cruel and not capable of… Continue reading Parenting Is a Process
A couple weeks ago, I returned home after spending nearly a month at my in-laws' home in Wyoming. The night before I left, though, I got to get out of the small town and spend the Golden Hours with the Christen family near historic Fort Steele. Eerily similar to ours, with 3 small children, extraordinarily… Continue reading The Christen Family
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