I thought we’d talk about INSPIRATION on the blog this week. So look for a few posts that follow this theme. Like me, many of you resonated with the anne lamott-ism I shared in a recent post: “sometimes you’re not blocked, you’re empty.” For all of us who are desiring...

In honor of mother's day . . . a repost from a couple of months ago. {My dear friend Kate is becoming a mom for the first time in just a few short weeks. Her baby shower is today, and because I am a world away, I can't be there--in person--to celebrate the upcoming...

i have spent a lot of my life believing that i was failing in some way. this is a plague. whether you name this shame, self-contempt, self-loathing—being a constant enemy to yourself, instead of a companion, is a toxic crime. the more i talk/write openly about this,...

here's the thing . . . i'm so insanely soft when it comes to hearing your stories. i was going to choose 5 winners randomly, but when i read what you guys wrote . . . your incredibly beautiful comments, your incredibly beautiful journeys, your tender words . . . i...

i'm doing something SUPER FUN today. i'm giving away copies of my book, found art: discovering beauty in foreign places (zonderan 2009)! in 2003 -- with the war raging in iraq -- i moved to the middle east eight days after my wedding to join my husband for the...