It’s 8 a.m. on Sunday morning and the smell of coffee beckons from the kitchen. Rolling out of bed, I make my way to the living room sofa and groggily…
Editor’s note: This is a guest post by Mike Donghia of This Evergreen Home. Living with adversity is hard, but a life without clarity is harder. I have found that…
My first job out of college was in marketing. While my service team coworkers were benignly assisting our customers, I was being paid to outsmart them. I’d roll into my…
Editor’s note: This is a guest post by Emma Scheib of Simple Slow & Lovely. Going minimalist can be a life-changing journey, resulting in a clearer home, and mind for…
The speed of my life has decelerated recently. Our baby girl was born two weeks ago—15 days before we expected her. The day of her birth I specifically told a…
Growing up in small-town Iowa, I was close to my grandmother. Our relationship, however, was far from a textbook version. Instead of learning how to bake pies, decorate cookies, or…
Last month I attended a presentation for moms. While most of the talk was inspiring, I left fighting an itch to ascend my own soapbox. I jotted a few notes…
The other day, while doing dishes, I unexpectedly whacked a small glass spice bowl against the edge of our gray granite countertop. Glass shards rained everywhere, jolting my mind fully…
Editor’s note: This is a guest post by Emily McDermott. Long before I even knew what minimalism was, dresses were my kryptonite. One look in my closet and you could…
The folding chair felt hard the longer I sat. I tried my best to look comfortable. I was, after all, sharing the spotlight. The women seated around me varied from…