I have this dream of when we move to North Carolina…Us being all tucked up in the mountains somewhere and living our own lives away from society. Where we’ll have a complete homestead with the chickens and ducks and horses and turkeys. And we’ll have gardens and groves and maybe even a corn field or sunflower field. read more….
Take me back to that lovely time when we called North Carolina home for a week. When we slept in a cluster of hammocks tucked into the woods and we chased waterfalls and climbed mountains. When we became river people and lived in tents and out of backpacks. read more…
She was my best friend and the only one I trusted with my whole heart, besides Mimi of course.
I miss running in the woods with her all day. I miss those early spring days when we’d wake with the sun and run off to Aunt Chrissy’s house to tend to the chickens. read more…
“What’s your favorite season?”
I don’t know if I have one favorite season, but I have favorite things about each season. read more…
You’ll wake up with the messiest tangled hair and you’ll throw on an old sundress read more…
This summer afternoon has me smelling like a garden read more…
After about 3 years, it’s gotten easier to go through the days without her.
Yet, there is still not one day when she doesn’t float through my thoughts, even if only for a moment. Some days I think about how much time has passed and how fast 3 years went by. read more…
It was nighttime. There were tiki torches everywhere; scattered in circles and down dirt paths. The trees had glowing lights in them; I think they were fireflies.read more…
You’ll listen to a woodpecker and smile at the chickens who have fallen asleep in a pile under the porch. read more…
Being able to wake up every morning with the chance to experience something wondrous. Like being able to spend hours outside under a glowing ball of light, roaming the woods and playing with chickens. Or watching 4 little ducklings grow as happy and healthy as they can be. Knowing that you were the one to have raised them to be so. read more…
The days are getting longer and everything is blooming.Wildflowers are popping up where you’d least expect…. read more…