Giving thanks.
{found here} When the world spends its days dumping buckets of rain down upon you, it is easy to get swept away in the dreariness of it all.  But, I refuse to let the beauty in my life be shadowed by darkness. Because I know that where we have been is not where

i heart faces | sun flare
I love this photo...captured in that brief moment right before the kiss.  You can see the love radiating from their faces as they turn towards each other completely open + trusting. Love is a beautiful + powerful thing. Visit I Heart Faces to check out the rest of the entries for this

Letter to my younger self.
There is a book titled, Letters to My Younger Self.  It is a collection of letters from successful woman, written to their younger selves about the things they know now + things they wish they would have known then.  I own it.  I think I received it as a gift.  I remember being really excited to dig into it, but since it still sits beside my bed in a pile of about a dozen untouched books patiently awaiting me, I haven't had the chance to do much more than page through it. Just the premise has always led me to wonder, had their younger selves truly known what was in those letters, would they have beco

One hundred dollars.
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Prematurity Awareness Day
On July 8, 2007 at 1:19, 1:20 + 1:21 am, The Peaches were born almost 11 weeks prematurely at 29 weeks, 2 days. James weighed 2lbs 10oz + measured 14 inches, Ella weighed 1lbs 10 1/2oz + measured 13 1/2 inches + Cameron weighed 2lbs 7 1/2oz + measured 14 1/4 inches. Their first diapers were smaller than an iPod + yet they were too large for their tiny bodies. Their ankles were smaller around than a penny, their hands the size of a quarter, their feet about the length of a AAA battery. Their heads were no bigger than an orange. They were tiny + they had an uphill battle to face before they were strong enough to come home. So