New year, same crazy, busy Mondays. But first prayer. At my church, January has typically always been deemed a month of consecration, a time of committed praying and fasting. That generally also means some sort of committed hiatus from any distracting extracurricular activities and social media scrolling. So I’ll be pausing for the cause. Frankly,…
What I wear when: I want to wear houndstooth and leopard
Cheers to the days ahead
We made it––the ever so fortunate ones to breathe in the newness of another year. And no matter our deepest valley of the year previous, our heart’s beat, our breath alone beckons us to gratefulness. My new year’s eve tradition from childhood is “Watch Night Service,” a.k.a a very late night church service, thanking God…
Farewell 2021
The final remnants of Christmas are now packed away, save for the lovely miniature poinsettia sitting perfectly inside a small ceramic smiling snowman pot on my desk–a gift from one of my patients this year. My mother used to “get the house ready” for the new year. Lingering holiday decorations were not allowed into the…
Christmas photos 2021
This year I took on the task of doing my family’s Christmas photos. I have a camera, but I’m no professional photographer. I took as many one-on-one classes as possible with my good friend, photographer Daniel Lippitt, before he relocated out of state so that I could become more self-sufficient with my blogging. And in doing so, I…
More Christmas Blues–What I wear when I want to wear Hanifa
Fireplace crackles as Christmas trees glisten. Sapphire plates and bright golden utensils. Holiday songs as we give love and sing. These are a few of my favorite things. Blue-colored dresses from Hanifa—yes, another one of my favorite things. I bought this (Olivia Maxi) dress a year ago, and unfortunately, I don’t believe it is available anymore….
Inspiration for a blue Christmas
Again, how is it that I have never thought to decorate my Christmas tree blue?! It’s the most beautiful color on the spectrum, and Christmas is my favorite time of the year so fusing the two seems like it would have been apparent genius. But it is only now, Christmas 2021, that I realize this. Because the…