99.7% eclipse of the heart. ❤️
What a sweet ending to such a sweet weekend. 💕
DADURDAY 💕🙌
This one is really testing my patience this week but holy moly, she's the cutest thing I've ever seen so UGH. I just need her to Tell Me When She Has To PEEEEEEE. #damemaggiesmiththepup
Omg. #damemaggiesmiththepup
On a more cheerful note, holy smokes you guys @thaifarmhousepdx is amazing. 😍
Hey friends. Sorry it's been a minute. I have to be honest- I'm not feeling like myself these last couple weeks. I'm surrounded by an incredible support system, though. My husband and friends are just the most amazing people, and everyone is being so generous with their hearts and words and love languages, and mine are all being spoken. I'm honestly not really sure what's up- I'm on hormone supplements to help us conceive again, they're throwing me off my game, and this month was a no-go. We've had a full house for a LONG time, the summer felt too fast, and I feel like I'm learning painful lessons about how much I can control. I miss the baby I was carrying. Like, a paralyzing amount, where laughing makes me want to cry and smiling feels fake. The country is falling apart and the whole world is hurting, and it seems like there are no consequences for being a shitbag these days, and little reward for being kind. So that's all probably part of it, but I could use your prayers and good vibes. I have so much to be grateful for, I know. I promise I know. I'm going to keep counting those blessings and loving myself and my people, but sometimes we all need to cry in the parking lot at Old Navy and ask our friends for help, and that needs to be okay. If you're having a tough week, tell someone and let them show up for you. Tonight we had dinner in a beautiful space with beloved friends and it felt so good to be silly and loose and laaaaaugh. It helped. I'm in sweatpants now with an episode of West Wing fired up and I'm gonna snuggle with my honey, and that helps too. Don't be afraid to power down and do you for a bit. Social media and that ol' joy stealer "comparison" can drag you down- I sure haven't mastered how to stay above that yet, but I'm working on it. If you're someone who only makes cheerful posts and makes daily life look flawless, consider sharing some of the tough moments so your followers can breathe a little easier knowing they don't have to keep up with you. Let someone know they aren't alone. Send someone a text to say you're thinking of them. We're all just walking each other home, you know?
Today was one of those bittersweet days where there were so many good parts that got overshadowed by a million little things that have a way of poking at our raw nerves, leaving us feeling overstimulated, grateful, exhausted, emotional, dried up, frayed, weepy, etc. I did buy a delicious candle from this perfect little shop and also Henry told me "I'm sorry" out of nowhere, and when I asked what for, he replied so sweetly, "for your sunburn on your shoulders." 💔 so glad these moments aren't lost on me even on the tough days. Desperate to keep my heart softened to those forever and ever.
"My name is Henry and I am a leopard named Leopard." H has his preschool grad drama today, which his group wrote with their teachers! It featured an owl-unicorn hybrid named "birthday party" and a butterfly named Rosemary, as well as space travel, naturally. My heart these days, good grief. 😭😭😭
I am so in love with the morning light in our guest bedroom. ☀️ #huntadventuresocietyhq
Tomorrow I'm turning 33 and my sweetheart is taking me out to dinner tonight. I wanted to commemorate getting this dolled up with a selfie, but I always take selfies from the same angle so I'm tryna change it up and omg straight-on selfies are AWKWARD. BUT here you go anyway! Also I'd like to thank Canada's forest fires for this amazing "filter" :( #herestoyou32
We've been having such a fantastic weekend with so many loved ones in town, celebrating old friendships and making new ones, that I've barely had my phone out. I do like having memories documented but I've also been trying to be better about living in the moment, and this weekend felt like a perfect balance. Also Steve & Mags swam across the Sandy, and it was hysterical and heartbreaking at how much THEY HATE WATER, but they made it! Glad @noalarmclock caught this perfect snap of our "brave journey".
Today was so hard and frustrating, in a million tiny ways and a couple of huge ones, but this one sweet moment happened at church in the park tonight. Everything about this. 😭🙌 I'm so sorry that so many of you are hurting today. I wish I could make it better for you, hug you all and smooch away the tears. In the meantime, here's a boy laying on a dog touching a baby's foot who is being fed by his mama in the sunshine. I hope in the hard days, moments like this happen for you. You are so loved.
This vacation has been fantastic, but we're currently posted up at MPLS waiting for our connecting flight home and I cannot wait to see both our puppers tonight. 😍 #damemaggiesmiththepup
Reuned. 💪
Ready to reunionize with the Visser crew. 👯
Such a serene afternoon with my dudes. 😍 (+ such a dang handsome husband.)
Hello, sweet home state, my original "west coast". I sure have missed you. 💕✋️💕#puremichigan
Henry with the dramatics. (No idea where he learned those...😇)
🙌 My adventure society.