From the archives: This essay was originally published in 2016, in the early days of Our Storied Home. Ten years later, its questions about creativity, confidence, and believing in the things we feel called to make still resonate. We’re sharing it again, largely as it was written. Whenever I hear
A few weeks ago, I brought home a vintage playpen. I thought it would be cute as a photo prop for some shots of Eli for his 2nd birthday, but then I remembered that I have free-range babies who can and will escape all of the things. My hopes were
I was at the grocery store with Ada today, picking up a few things for the week. We were standing in the aisle with all of the cleaning supplies when a girl walked by that caught Ada’s attention. Her hair was dyed black and she had gauged ears with hoops