Wearing: A Separate Space

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Life is not a beginning or an end.

It's an epic journey--

a grand exploration full of frolics

through brightly-colored meadows,

steep climbs up awe-inspiring mountains and

hazardous treks across barren wastelands.

Change is an inevitable part of life, bringing

bright skies one day and dark storms the next.

Life can be comfortable and then, without warning,

tilt to a place that is completely unrecognizable.

Sometimes, we lose our footing on a

rough road full of unforeseen obstacles.

Sometimes, the search for stable ground is grueling...

but we do eventually recover.

Inexplicably, life resumes its predictable pattern--

winter's icy clutches are overcome by the vigor of spring

and summer relinquishes its radiant crown to autumn--

the unspoiled moments of ordinary life settle in again.

(LOFT cardigan, Anthropologie Shine-Through button up and A Separate Space skirt,

UO Kimchi Blue oxford pumps, Nine and Co. bag)

There is a certain amount comfort in the status quo...

in keeping things as they presently are.

But there is always a choice...another path to take...

and while one is easy and predictable and easily walked,

that is its only reward.

So, dare to live rather than merely exist.

Choose to take the path that can take you somewhere new.

Wearing: Nerd-Chic

I spend more time at the library than you can imagine (and not just for story-time with my kids, either) so these pictures sorta represent a day-in-the-life for me.

I'm always trying to surround my children with this atmosphere.

I want my children to love words and reading. It's the key to so much, don't you think--that ability to immerse yourself into an author's point-of-view and open your mind to new ideas, then filter what you've read through your value system.

Mark Twain said,

"The man who does not read good books has no advantage over the man who cannot read them."

I love when my children ask me to read to them...that they're excited about what might happen on the next page. I never want them to lose that wonder that comes from rustling the pages of a good book--the awe of new places and people that the written word can bring to their minds.

This is a great video about why my generation supposedly thinks books are boring.

Make sure to watch it to the end. It will surprise you.

(Anthropologie Stable Skirt and Modern Master watch, J.Crew cardigan and metallic rose tank, UO Kimchi Blue Oxford Pumps, Hue tights)