eight months of you, ella raine. so meant to be here so loved and celebrated and so giving of your joy ✨ I am still tired somehow yet so energized by you. I am still settling into being your mom, yet it feels like I always have been as though you aren’t so new. so […]

just wanted to send a love note to the moms here. what a beautiful, challenging, meaningful, messy, impactful role we have. most of the time we don’t know what we’re doing and yet we’re always the best ones for the job. a mother is raised while a child is raised, every time, and what a […]

us, taken during those early days of getting to know each other ☁️ the exhaustion comes flooding back when I look at this photo, but so does the high of just meeting her; of settling into us as mother and daughter. a gift from the second time around is an inherent sense of patience and […]

it’s every small decision, every little habit, every daily mantra, that becomes our routine. the time we wake, and the time we rest. the way we move our bodies. the food we give ourselves. the products we apply to our skin. the people we speak to, and the ones we share our secrets with. sometimes […]

life is long 〰️ it’s what my dad would always say to me growing up — and not to take away from how indeed short our time is here, but to remind me of the magic that is always waiting for me. to not rush something if I wasn’t ready. to not assume our life […]

me and my ella raine 🌧 I feel less hurried this time, less concerned about what I don’t know. the good days are never long enough and the bad days don’t feel so bad because I know they pass. it all passes. and maybe that’s why i’m not wishing away even the tough days like […]