claim your light
I have always been a nester. I spent a lot of happy time the summer before high school started planning how I would organize and decorate my first, very own locker. The summers before each year of college my mom and I would plan out how I’d decorate my dorm room (think gauzy curtains pinned to the ceiling, a hand-painted mural on… Read More
This is my bed. It has four sumptuous layers of pillows and a pillow-top mattress. Soft, smooth cotton sheets drown in piles of blankets (as many as four in wintertime: a light blanket, a quilt, a duvet, and a throw). You could probably get lost in it. At the very least, you can absolutely hide from kids in it. My… Read More
When I was about ten, my mom tucked a piece of stationery into the corner of my bedroom mirror. It was a beautiful slip of cream colored paper, laser cut so the edges looked like Art Deco lace. At the top she wrote: Jamie’s Best Qualities & My Favorite Things About Her When she first posted it she had only… Read More
Almost a year ago I realized I wasn’t living the life I wanted to be living. On paper everything was sunshine, lollipops and rainbows. I had most of the things I’d been dreaming of since I was a little girl: a sweet, handsome husband, a trio of bubbly little kids, and a white-walled, sunshine-filled house. These dreams were simple but… Read More
