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the dichotomy of unconditional support
i just finished listening to the power of owning your story, an episode of the rich roll podcast. if you haven’t either listened to...


happy vs. happier, or maybe happiest
how do you stay happy when you know things are good, but they could be better? i’ve been grappling with this question a lot in the recent...


our story starts here | part iii
i wrote the first two posts for alex and i to look back on fondly and remember our incredible week together. but i wanted to make a third...


our story starts here | part ii
it was wednesday, june 13th at this point. it was late in the afternoon on our third day of our trip. we had been sitting by the water...


our story starts here | part i
we haven't mentioned this trip at all on the blog, but since about march we've been planning a summer getaway to door county. depending...


you’re my a-team
tonight i saw bon iver without alex. for those of you that have kept up with us, you’ll remember that we saw the for emma 10 year...


ease in chaos
as i write this, alex is in the sky, flying to south korea for work. it is certainly the most miles we've ever put between us, and it...


don’t take anything seriously.
this past weekend was my mom’s birthday and mother’s day weekend. our family congregated in chicago and we drove up & down chicago(land)...


you’ve got to dig deep
as you’ve probably noticed from instagram, we really love survivor. when we first started watching it on hulu two years ago, we probably...


our first ride of the season
this week has been a whirlwind, particularly concerning the weather. we went from mid-forties one day, to low-eighties two days after. i...

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