10 years ago I hit publish for the very first time on belovelive.com. I was 36, newly married, and had just completed my first 7 months of living in Norrköping, Sweden. Life was uncertain and exciting. Every moment was a new experience, a new…
It never fails. The last 2 days of December I always seem to get some sort of panicky feeling that I have not had enough time to release all that I want to leave behind as I cross over into a new year. That…
It’s time to kick off the holiday season with my annual 12 months + 12 blessings summary. Of course, this time it’s 2020 style = the pandemic edition. I know, it seems a bit daunting to think about the past 12 months and to…
It’s been almost a month since my last post! How is that possible? Time just keeps on clicking by, days running into days, months into months, and this crazy year continues onward. My absence here has been due to a chaotic last 2 weeks…
Happy 2020, y’all! I’ve been feeling the energies of this year for a while now. They started creeping in during December and I am so excited to finally sit down + write about it all here. When I write something, it feels like it…
A new year + a new decade is upon us. My mind does not even comprehend that in 2 days it will be 2020. So, in order for me to even begin to process it all, I need to look back over the past…
Year endings are all about countdowns, right? So, to celebrate the ending of my blogging year, it’s time for my annual top posts post. I’m counting them down chronologically. So, here we go! Here are the ones that y’all liked + read the most!…
It’s the official beginning of the holiday season + I love starting it off with a review of 12 blessings since the last holiday season! …
Last autumn (2017), I spent a lot of dark, cozy weekend days at home and I ended up diving deep into my soul. As a result, I felt a strong pull toward living the entire year in complete rhythm with the themes + seasons…
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I turned 44 and discovered that it’s all about Life + Death + Pa’lante
I turned 44 just a few days ago. But, in some ways, it feels like forever ago. Probably because I’ve got life, death, and Pa’lante on my mind. Ok. Let me back up a little… Last weekend, my birthday weekend, I celebrated in a…
“I have a deeply hidden and inarticulate desire for something beyond the daily life.” ― Virginia Woolf Late June, a bright full moon, and a midyear roundup. This is going to be a post sprinkled with magic. Because the midpoint of the year is…
