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It seems ironic that my family has experienced so much beauty in the past 10 days while so much of the world has experienced the ugliness if hate. It feels, well, privileged.
I don't know a lot about how to end racism, or if that's even possible, but I do know that a persons worth doesn't lie in their skin color. I'm trying to teach my kids to love and accept everyone. I'm trying to use my voice for good. #endracism #charlottesville

This story is deep and sad and beautiful but I couldn't help coming up with a few alternate titles that are totally jokes. My fave is "Not Your Ordinary Kidnappers". My friend @booksbeyondthenest and I just read this and I really really liked it. I'm still pretty convinced that the characters are actually real people; so human, so relatable, and so loveable. The kind of character you just root for. It has me thinking about the complexity of righting wrongs, motherhood, and the healing power of love. (Timely, right? And deep, right?) Have you read this? What did you think? Also what funny alternate titles did you come up with?
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#readingisfun
#readallthebooks
#readeveryday
#read
#library
#bibliophile
#fiction
#thelightbetweenoceans
#characters #motherhood #healingpoweroflove #rightingwrongs #book #bookworm #bookstagram #booksofinstagram #booklover #igbooks #bookblogger #bookstagrammer #booklove #reading #readplease #thereadfeed #oceans

A few days ago I finished @simplyonpurpose 2 week no-yelling-at-your kids challenge. I love her account and her parenting tips. One of the most useful things I learned was to ignore "junk" behavior (anything age-appropriate and annoying but not harmful. For example whining). I've realized a lot of the things my son does that wear down my patience are "junk" behavior. I'm making a concerted effort to ignore it so I can save my patience for the parts of parenting that matter most.
Cue the hand in the little brother's face...
Do you have any tips to up your patience level? I am alllll ears.
Bag @sageandharper and photo @christieknightphotography
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#simplychildren #littlestoriesofmylife #lifeunscripted
#mytinymoments #letthembelittle #bepresent #holdthements #dailyparenting #clicknmoms #flashesofdelight #documentyourdays #our_everyday_moments
#teammotherly #honestlymothering
#unitedinmotherhood #motherhoodrising #ourcandidlife #candidchildhood #nothingisordinary
#motherhoodsimplified #childhoodunplugged #mother #babies

Last month when we went to Tennessee we went to @ameliasflowertruck aaaaand it's my new fave place in Nashville. Besides being everything I hope for in a vehicle, it's a fun and quick and cheap and friendly place to go with your family.
If you want to hear me rave about it even more there's a #linkinbio
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#mytinymoments #flashesofdelight #makememories #nashville #tennessee #travel #ameliasflowertruck #flowertruck #flowerstagram #wander #explore #cheapthrills #familyfun #sharebeauty #theonlytennisee

A few of the things I'm grateful for today: cooler weather, a husband who's generous about my faults, babies who still want my 'nuggles, my mother-in-laws pie cherries, a thwarted typhoon.
What are you grateful for today?
Diaper bag @sageandharper and beautiful pic by @christieknightphotography •
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#littlestoriesofmylife
#mytinymoments #littleandbrave #letthembelittle #bepresent #holdthements #dailyparenting #flashesofdelight #documentyourdays #makememories
#honestlymothering
#teammotherly

Leaving the desert in search of some green.
Visiting family and then going on a little adventure just the four of us. Our favorite type of family adventure is the outside kind. So ready to show my boys more mama earth 🌏
Any family adventures coming your way this month?
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One of the first pictures I took as a mother, nursing my son in the hospital when he was only two mornings old. He reached up and found my hair and he and I together felt so whole.
There are a lot of things I'd like to accomplish in my life, but this. This is my life's most important work. •
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#thepursuitofjoy #holdthemoments #kendredmemories #documentyourdays #motherhoodthroughinstagram #inbeautyandchaos
#simplychildren #littlestoriesofmylife #lifeunscripted
#mytinymoments #littleandbrave #letthembelittle #bepresent #holdthements #dailyparenting #clicknmoms #flashesofdelight #makememories #our_everyday_moments #purpose

And for August my #trysomethingnewfor30days is writing every day. I'm not picky about what at this point, I just want to get some words down on paper (errr, screen). My whole object in starting a blog and this instagram account was to write more, because it fills me up.
What is the best writing advice you've ever gotten? Mine is that rewriting is as important as writing. •
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Last month for #trysomethingnewfor30days I decided to read every day from an actual adult book, and I only missed one day 🎉 I looked forward to this EVERY DAY so it's a habit I'm going to continue.
I also shared the books I read (3!) and tips I used to make this happen on my blog #linkinbio
Do you have any daily habits you look forward to every day?
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#readingisfun
#readallthebooks
#readeveryday
#read
#library
#bibliophile
#livethelittlethings #flashesofdelight #books #bookworm #bookstagram #seekthesimplicity #reader #booklover #instabook #booknerd #literature #bookaddict #igreads #bookaholic #theartofslowliving

I juuuust found out about @simplyonpurpose 's no yelling at your kids for 14 days challenge. Isn't that the best and possibly hardest 14 day challenge ever? I'm 5 days late but joining in. Fill me in on all your keep-your-cool tricks 😎 #simplyonpurposenoyelling
Adorable diaper bag by @sageandharper and beautiful picture by @christieknightphotography (thanks, ladies).

Go-pro-ing his first hike. Always go-pro-ing. @gopro #gopro

Kind of like an enchanted forest.

What beautiful places have you been to this summer?

Found a bear. #babiesdontkeep #bearsofinstagram

Summer. Fig 1

We made corn, tomato, and nectarine salad (my current fave!) and a berry crisp with this loot.
What are your go-to summer meals? And are you as obsessed with nectarines as I am?
I shared four of my go-to summer recipes on my blog if you need ideas! #linkinbio #summer #summertime

What are you up to this weekend?
We're playing in the sprinkler, eating Andes mint double chocolate chip cookies, and of course watching the end of @letourdefrance. (And practicing our own cycling skillz 😉). Also, date night tonight! Feels like it's been a while.
Hope your weekend is relaxing and fun and exactly what you need.
#darlingweekend #vscomom

Want to hear a funny story about this little guy? Last week at our family reunion we went into our room one night to check on him. Instead of being asleep he had gotten into my backpack, ate a whole packet of gum, one of my birth control pills 😱, gotten my sunglasses out of their case, and gotten my makeup out and drawn all over the floor with lipstick. We were pretty mad, as you can imagine, and we told him we were taking away his Ninja Turtle pillowcase (AKA prize possesion) for the night. This totally undid him and he was sobbing/throwing a massive temper tantrum in his bed.
Here's what he had to say for himself in defense when we went in to talk to him a few minutes later; "I feel mad that Dad took my Ninja Turtle pillowcase away. I feel sad. I AM FREAKING OUT!"
Do you know why you're in trouble? "Because I ate mom's medicine. And her gum. And her sunglasses. I was wearing them."
That last confession cracks me up especially.
Love this little boy and I hope all of his "moments" end up making me laugh this hard. #babiesdontkeep #neitherdothreeyearolds

Usually I just check books out from the library but I love this book so much that I bought it for my son for his birthday. Also, super fun to look up the bird calls mentioned on YouTube.
That way you can perfect your narration 😉 Does that make me seem like too much of a dork?
This book is "Have You Heard the Nesting Bird?" By Rita Gray

Love that little one year old grin.

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