For my Summer Soirée, I was inviting my women's Bible study group into my home and backyard. I wanted them to enjoy a night off from cooking, relax, catch up with one another, and simply be cared for. My hope was that they would leave feeling refreshed, happy, well-fed, and already looking forward to the next time we gathered.

From there, I started collecting inspiration…

If you recall, I started my plants from seed and am planting them onto a property full of 100+ year old black walnut trees. For this reason, the spaces where I’m planting these perennials are contained and strategically shaping the experiences where we approach our home, enter or exit, or host guests. We also needed to consider sun exposure, access to water, and proximity to neighboring plants…

I’m planting my first Michigan perennial garden and I am stoked about it. Believe it or not, I spent my university years in landscape architecture and urban planning. Then began my professional career as a designer at a planning and architecture firm where I specialized in land planning, campus development, and international resort design. So today, I thought I’d share Part 1 of my newest endeavor…

The morning routines we see online make me laugh. You know the ones that start before sunrise and stack together two hours of meditation, workouts, journaling, reading, and productivity planning before the rest of the neighborhood has finished their first cup of coffee…

It wasn’t until I recalibrated the way I viewed limitless AI technology as the potential aid in areas where I could use support, that I understood its value…

It’s the last Tuesday of July and I’m writing this while planning out the remaining weeks of our summer. Though schedules have shifted, with July camps ending and fall sports already starting back up, the scorching sunshine and time spent swimming and camping feels peak summer. Still, we are staying the course on daily homework and routines and here’s how…

As I’m sitting down to write this, I’m also making to-do lists for every major activity and trip on the horizon this week. Back in January the first week of May 2025 seemed distant and impossible. It would usher in true Spring weather, allow us to say mom’s funeral and multiple major trips would be in the rear-view mirror…but here we are. Staring it in the face. And at this very moment it’s not only possible, it is happening…

In this season we are leaning into evening quiet time and aided homework with both children. Typically this is for a minimum of 1 hour but usually more like 2 hours, every night…