hello, friends.

 
summer is wrapping up.

i'm gearing up for school. all day long i think about lesson plans, school supplies & back-to-school outfits. man, i love my job.

here are some things, i've been mulling over:

fall is great. i can't wait to wear boots & scarves, watch football & drink cider.

i am destined to not finish 'east of eden' ever. too dark. too scary. not worth it.

i love crafts. lately i've been making friendship bracelets, a way cool magazine project, & thinking of some new embroidery patterns. i have forgotten how therapeutic & relaxing it can be to make something with one's hands. i'm so glad i've remembered now.

downton abbey is the greatest show. ever. ever. ever.

“What is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?”
- Mary Oliver

mary oliver is one of my most favorite people in the world. she has an incredibly uncanny gift to take a moment or a thought and wrap it perfectly in words so as to send out a package of grace and light to the world. i deeply admire her. and lately, i've been thinking. i love teaching. i love my husband. i love this place in our lives where we truly believe anything is possible. what a gift.

thank you, LORD.