late winter bliss list
It’s been a while since I have written a Bliss List, and as I sat down to remedy that I doubted my timing. Russia has invaded Ukraine, I have friends and loved ones in crisis, and Jocelyn is still gone.…
Lazy W Marie
Carpeing all the diems in semi-rural Oklahoma...xoxo
Lazy W Marie
Carpeing all the diems in semi-rural Oklahoma...xoxo
Category Just Life-ish
winter wake up call
For the past few years, I have noticed a moment late in winter when I worry whether I can do it all again. Somewhere past the holidays and even past the worst of the cold but too far from true…
the thank you habit that helps me
For the past several days I have been employing an old standby habit, something that felt awkward at first but then got me through a crisis when my girls were toddlers, and these recent days it has felt luscious. I…
a happy, messy look back at 2021
Closing out the year 2021, I feel maybe more wide-eyed and open-hearted than ever in my life, which is wonderful. I also feel a bit weirded out by how quickly time has been passing. Lots of my friends feel this…
let them kick their own shells apart & the pink neon sign
Oooff, here we go. Maybe you have heard rumors about the girls, about the family, about what has been happening. Maybe you hold enough insight to understand how to pray, or enough peripheral knowledge over the past two decades to…
JOY WEEK and Christmas Eve!!
Hey friends, Merry Christmas Eve! I missed writing to you guys about JOY week for Advent. If you have a minute, my heart is thrumming. Have you been celebrating Advent, either traditionally or in your own special way? I love…