The last time I blogged I talked about the topic of finding ease in all things. Slowing things down and taking a breath to just soak it all in. When the noise and hustle of all things in life drowned out my ability to find inner peace. So I went to a place where I knew I would be able to find it. I visited a place near and dear to my heart. My mom's heart.It's my mom's hometown...

Oh August. The beautiful month. My beautiful birthday month. A month where I feel like everything aligns. Everything always feels right during this time of the year. It always feels like August was just yesterday. The harvest of summer. The sun beating just right. The days still long, but time slows down a bit going into the emergence of fall. Maybe that's just the leo in...

There are moments during summer where I find that the cicadas chirp louder than my thoughts, the heat beats heavier off of my skin, the sun radiates a bit too bright, and the days are just a little bit too long. We always think of this season as a break, when really, we're aching to make the most of every sliver of sunlight we get until we're quite literally—burnt out. The...