I know, I know. I’m such a sap, but in less than a week, my baby starts kindergarten, y’all. Just like that a chapter that has formed me deeply in my adulthood is shifting, changing. As life does.
A decade ago, I was pregnant with my first baby. I had recently been promoted at work and we were in the process of looking into childcare options ($$$ on my nonprofit salary, gah!) But I had basically always intended to be a working mother. Could not even possibly imagine being a stay at home mom.
Read MoreI am thrilled to be 40 just as all 3 of my children head off to the same school (I’m gonna enjoy those 2 years!). I shared on Instagram how there is this sense in this stage of life of shedding years of self doubt and self criticism and perfectionism and leaning into who God made me to be. So freeing.
Read MoreI’m turning 40 this month and shared in my recent newsletter many of the ways I’m choosing joy in this season of life, by loving others and loving myself, raising kiddos, leaning into the waves that ebb and flow and just owning my imperfections. Would love to hear anything different on your list.
Celebrate all the things!
Create - seriously, Picasso said it. We are all artists. make art, make cake, make music...
walk in the woods - "it is a great art to saunter." - Thoreau
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