Jill's Monthly Updates

  Sometimes — especially lately — I feel maxed out. As if my pain threshold simply cannot bear one more thing.The news.The state of our world.The suffering so many are carrying. It weighs...

These past few weeks have felt especially heavy. If you’re anything like me, you may be sensing both a personal and collective weight around the state of our world and our country.   What I’m...

You may or may not know this about me, but I dream of being French. I buy books in French and lovingly, painstakingly try to decipher the language. I play French music playlists when I’m home alone....

I'm just coming off a particularly lovely and peaceful Thanksgiving holiday.  It's not always that way but for a series of unfortunate (or as it turns out, fortunate!) events, there were only 4 of...

Halloween was the other night and while my kiddos are long past their trick-or-treating days, I can’t help but relish the joy that the day still brings. Perhaps I find even more joy in it now...

I want to share something tender with you today—something raw, real, and deeply personal. Not long ago, I was visiting my dear friend Annie, the vibrant force behind Stickerlishious, a company that...

September, to me, always feels like the start of something new.  I have deemed it my personal New Year’s celebration and as such, feel all the excitement and possibility that January tends to elicit...

I celebrated my wedding anniversary this weekend.  I have now been married half of my life.  As I celebrate with my dear hubs, I also happen to be visiting my dear friend who stood with me the day...

 Oh my dear friend, what a state this world seems to be in right now.  I try not to engage too much and strive to find a balance between being informed and not going down the rabbit hole of despair...

Forgive the morbidity of this question but if you were to die tomorrow, would you be satisfied (happy?) with your life? This question was posed to me the other day and boy oh by, did it land. I’ve...