A Question of High vs. Low… Church
I am in the middle of my Discernment Process. I capitalize this because it’s a certain kind of discernment: one
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Culture and Musings
The Shame of the Not Clean & Organized Home
I have a lot of deeply buried shame around the cleanliness and organization of my homes. And I can tell
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Making Friends at Any Age
I’m not sure what it is about the holidays that makes me particularly reflective over life in general. I suppose
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Trying to Breastfeed Cost Me Real Money
And I ultimately failed at it. $250+ for a breast pump… probably the wrong kind $50 for a manual pump
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To the Many Moms
Mother’s Day is on the heels of Easter. This only occurred to me recently how close the two holidays are
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Crying is a Human Emotion: The Sacredness of Tears & End of Lent
photo above left credit: Danielle Rojas Crosby for Karats and Keepsakes We know that so often social media only shows
Read moreUnexpected Opportunities, Pregnancy + Omicron, and How Chocolate Fixes It All
Ok, so maybe chocolate doesn’t actually fix everything… but right now it feels pretty close. Right now it’s a weird
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The Tiredest I’ve Been, and the Joy In It
Every new year or anniversary or birthday seems to be a reminder of how far I’ve come- and how even
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Be. Good. Enough.
Audio format here: https://anchor.fm/southern-bon-vivant/episodes/Be–Good–Enough-esk98b Appropriately enough, I’ve drafted and re-drafted this post several times. Over the past year I’ve had
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I’m Not Taking My Christmas Lights Down
Audio version here: https://anchor.fm/southern-bon-vivant/episodes/Im-Not-Taking-My-Christmas-Lights-Down-ep4nn4 Call me tacky, and that’s fine. My original plan was to wait until Epiphany to take
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