“If we deny our happiness, resist our satisfaction we lessen the importance of deprivation. We must risk delight. We can do without pleasure, but not delight. Not enjoyment. We must have the stubbornness to accept our gladness in the ruthless furnace of this world…we must admit there will be music despite everything.” ~ Jack Gilbert: […]

The afternoon started early with lunch, an INCREDIBLE lunch. brendan made some sort of out-of-this-world Thai-soup that was to die for. It was like they knew me, Thai-soup is probably one of my absolutely FAVORITE things to eat on the planet, so awesome! I felt so lucky to have been invited into their home for […]

we were sitting on the beach with family and friends, enjoying happy hour and yet another incredible sunset. it was our last day, actually we were flying out that night, and i was feeling like i hadn’t taken enough photographs with my real camera throughout our trip, i actually hadn’t even brought it with me […]

october definitely presented it’s challenges in my life, but if i have learned anything through it all, it’s that you can’t appreciate the highs in life without going through a few lows. something always comes out of everything. after what seemed like an impossible few weeks, kauai happened and i was so grateful. i forgot […]

Somehow I had managed to be the only person who wasn’t carrying a backpack as we started up the mountain, and even still I was having the internal battle with myself that I imagine all hikers experience once they start their incline. Why on Earth do people want to walk UP mountains… This has to […]

“I’m not a crier” she assured me. And then moments later she was handed a book of handwritten letters. He had written her one a day since her birthday in June, just so he could give her this collection on the morning of their wedding. Life is a fairytale my friends. It just is. There […]