childlike focus

flickr photo credit I mentioned last week that I’ve started running again. We’ve also been vacationing at the beach quite a bit this summer. Which means … I’ve been running on the beach a lot. What I’ve noticed as I run along the beach is I’m constantly dodging children. And I fully admit some annoyance. Why don’t these children pay attention to what’s going on…

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almost wordless wednesday :: bff surprise visit

Through a series of unfortunate events, our scheduled visitors had to cancel. One of those visitors was the family of Piper’s BFF from Wisconsin. Oh how my heart hurt thinking about the disappointment of my soulful 10 year old! And then … a light bulb moment! I enlisted some help from the families of both Wynter and Piper’s WI BFF’s … and we secretly had…

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what’s underneath?

This may be the cheesiest, most obvious analogy ever … but it keeps coming to me time and again over the last few weeks. So I’ve decided to get it off my mind and into yours! {lucky you!} So. I’ve started running again. Jogging. Walking. Jolking {I’m coining the term … it’s a combo of jogging/walking}. I found a great app {via Instagram, go figure!}…

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