::This is a guest post written by Rebekah Taussig. It’s so romantic and lovely! After you read it check out her blog and instagram @sitting_pretty:: After Micah’s accident a few months ago, he picked out a cane with blue flower print and a glow-in-the-dark handle. (Who knew Walgreens had it in ‘em?) When he was…

::I’m honored to publish this guest post by Mahala Howard. It needs no introduction.::  I have a genetic connective tissue disorder called Ehlers Danlos Syndrome. I’ve had some symptoms of this condition my whole life. In my youth, my symptoms were brushed off as being normal by my family and doctors. I was such a shy…

My brother bought me a little pot with several cacti plants in it and said he wished he could bring cacti into his classroom but — hello, students and sharp objects, what could go wrong? So I made a pot of cacti that opens up so it adds a bit of storage to his classroom.…

::This is a guest post written by Abigail who posts on Instagram as @babydollabi. I’m a bit obsessed with this creature. She calls herself “Chronically Cute,” and omg she totally is. From her gorgeous color schemes, cozy photos and cheeky emojis she is freaking adorable. And STRONG. Check out this feature and then follow her…

I’ve survived a stroke and brain surgery. I relearned how to walk and swallow correctly. Pregnancy with symphysis pubis dysfunction (SPD) was worse. Early in my pregnancy, when my daughter was as big as a sweet pea, I searched for nursery reveals. Everything in a typical nursery reveal looks so gorgeous. Pristine. Perfect. The mother…

::This is a guest post by Glorianne Rivera-Casanova, which was originally published on her FABULOUS blog, Just Press Mode. I fell in love with it.:: Let me paint you a picture: It’s Friday night and you’re dragging your friends to a bar because you know you’ve been working too hard on your midterms, and a…

This week, when PMDD disrupted my mood, SPD came back from pregnancy’s hell so every step made my pelvic bone feel like I was part wishbone and my husband found me on the floor in the middle of the night from what we now know is an ovarian cyst — my online therapist listened to…

This project is not for a shy minimalist. This is for a muppet who wants to get organized. I’ve always believed that I was the kind of person who was not able to be clean and organized, and I’m trying to challenge that belief. To get started I wanted a project that was bright, silly,…

Recently Matthew came home from work in a bad mood — which immediately put me in a bad mood. It was hot, we were tired. He wanted me to take a picture of Elro next to a cucumber he had just picked. The first cucumber of the year. We grumbled directions at each other, me…

::This is an excerpt, chapter 32 to be exact, of Blueprint for Daylight by Christine Kalafus. She calls it a mother’s love letter to her twins.:: Spencer and Parker are at my feet, cuddled in pale blue fleece blankets and asleep in their car seats. I address my babies in a running, silent, monologue in…