Lifestyle

Shopping for antiques and touring historic sites are always on my must-do list in any new location I visit, which is the case for my Vermont, New Hampshire, Maine Girls’ Trip I took this fall with my friend, Lauren.  In total, we visited more than ten historic sites and shipped home about that same number […]

When we began our backyard pool project, I told the designer that I wanted the materials to be timeless.  My hope was to have a space that would work well with antiques and feel organic.  The goal was to steer clear of lots of concrete pavers, bright aqua water, and anything shiny.     [Affiliate […]

A San Antonio and Austin Girls Trip was the perfect way to spend the last few days of my summer!  When my college roommate said she had five days to spare, we booked the flights as soon as possible.  There is something life-giving about a girls’ trip, and I was long overdue for one.   […]

When I was in Florida for Daddy’s cancer treatment this winter, I stopped in Target to grab some necessities.  While there, I ventured over to the book section thinking I would get something to read for when I was in the waiting room at Daddy’s appointments.  The title, and especially the subtitle, of Vanessa Lachey’s […]

Back in November, my family received upsetting news.  My father was diagnosed with an advanced cancer, to which we were told grim outcomes.  As I was flying down to the hospital to see him, my mother and brother told Daddy the news, but it did not register with him in his weakened state. God chose […]