I’ve been struggling with an issue lately. Thank you to all the friends who have heard me out, encouraged me, prayed with me, supported me, sometimes more than once. Because when I say struggle, I mean STRUGGLE. There are days when I feel like I can’t get beyond it. I’ve experienced the gamut of emotions,…
Note to readers: this blog post isn’t deep, or hugely eye-opening, but it’s part of my story, so I wanted to record it here. I’m so grateful for those who have continued to encourage us on our journey, so I wanted this to be an update for those folks. Tune in later for some Stationery…
This post is going to be honest, because I don’t have time for anything else. I read some place recently, “If you tell the truth all the time, you never have to remember.” Seriously. There are times I wake up in the middle of the night, like right now. I grab my phone, just to…
Long story short, we needed to get the house painted. It had been almost seven years since I moved into this house, and the colors were starting to feel dated, there were ugly brown water spots on the living room ceiling from a series of fiascoes, and a few little people had taken to the…
It’s been so long since I’ve blogged, I may have forgotten how to blog. Things have been rolling steadily along. I’m picking up just the right amount of new consulting clients, taking on some limited branding engagements, doing some coaching, and planning Stationery Academy. The orders for the August version of the Day Designer continue…
Nineteen days after the world changed forever, I started my second job out of college. The first job had spiraled downward only three months in, and with nine months left to pay on an apartment lease, I had opted to take a job selling furniture at the retail Thomasville gallery in Addison, Texas. There were…
Energy was positive. I was bustling around my apartment in Dallas, getting ready for the day. In a few minutes, I would walk outside to my 1994 burgundy GMC Jimmy and head eleven miles south, into the heart of the design district. There, for nineteen more days, I would be employed at a small furniture…
First things first, a few housekeeping items: Rachel Rothstein was the winner of the French Blue Designs game pads! Sarah Margaret was one of the Fitbook winners, and Anne Faraher was the winner of the other! All winners have been contacted and prizes are shipping! Thanks to everyone who entered, and thanks to French Blue…
I posted this quote on Instagram last week, and instantly there were comments. Someone emailed to ask if I would make it into a print. Several others emailed to simply connect, and a couple of emails actually turned into phone conversations. The image actually got the most likes of any image I’ve posted, ever. It…
