by kellyrae | Monday, June 3, 2013 | Life in Progress |
(me in Bali on my last day) We lose ourselves, sometimes, to our daily, smallish worlds. Truthfully, my world is pretty narrow. I wake up and either hang with my family or I go to work. I see my friends when I’m able – usually in small windows of time as...
by kellyrae | Thursday, May 30, 2013 | Life in Progress |
One of my favorite things about Bali were the offerings – a daily spiritual practice of the Balinese people as a way of creating blessings, gratitude, and connection to their spiritual practice. These gorgeous offerings were everywhere, friends. I...
by kellyrae | Tuesday, May 28, 2013 | Life in Progress |
Friends, I went to Bali. And it was a life changer. When I think back on all my best decisions – the ones that have gone on to define a clear path for my life – they are the decisions that came with an intuition, a hunch, a knowing without knowing kind of...
by kellyrae | Monday, May 20, 2013 | Life in Progress |
I didn’t start blogging seven years ago because I thought it would be a good business move. Or because I wanted to find community. Or because I wanted to share my photos or art. I started blogging because I simply wanted to document my story. When I started...
by kellyrae | Tuesday, March 19, 2013 | Life in Progress |
(me, a couple of weeks ago on the OR coast) I am a HUGE fan of Gay Hendricks. As I wrote on this page where I share my favorite supplies and books, I read his book Conscious Living in college and it has fully informed my views on life, partnership, vulnerability, and...
by kellyrae | Tuesday, January 29, 2013 | Life in Progress |
I received a recent email from a dear friend that was signed, “I’m a trainwreck. And I love life.” Sigh. I can so relate. Lately, the days have been long, filled with lots of life practice: courage, boundary setting, gratitude. Sometimes we lose our...
by kellyrae | Monday, May 21, 2012 | Life in Progress |
(Originally posted Sept, 2010) one of the best things about where we live is that the house behind ours has a really great backyard with trees and bird feeders and water gardens. the dividing fence is low but there’s enough greenery to still give us...
by kellyrae | Monday, November 1, 2010 | Being A Mama, Life in Progress |
today was a day. a really really good day. we’ve been taking several practice runs out and about with True since arriving home from the hospital exactly three weeks ago. at first we stayed close to home – lots of walks as we tried out the various carriers....
by kellyrae | Wednesday, October 20, 2010 | Being A Mama, Life in Progress |
baby true looking adorable with his big eyes… we are navigating the waters over here, doing the best we can with all the help and love being offered by those close to us. we are so fortunate to have such good support. for paternity leave. for maternity leave....
by kellyrae | Sunday, July 11, 2010 | Life in Progress |
(sidewalk crack beauty) I have been thinking a lot lately about how much I love doing all the meaningless things that make up my day. I love all the randomness of running errands, of bumping into previous co-workers, of watching people buy building materials at...
by kellyrae | Wednesday, July 7, 2010 | Life in Progress |
i can slowly feel myself returning to my center. last nite as i was snuggling up against john, all i could think was this is what’s most important, right here, this love. it’s been mighty stressful over here on a few fronts and not being settled in a home...
by kellyrae | Wednesday, June 9, 2010 | Life in Progress |
(judy and me. way back in 2007. my, how time flies. i miss my pigtails!) earlier this year, i was at a small gathering of women where i had a chance to spend some time with one of my favorite people on the planet: judy wise. she’s the woman we all want to be...