Jason and I were recently asked to give the reflection at our church’s annual Marian Lessons and Carols service. Our task: talk about what we expected pre-baby versus what we got one year later. [HA!] We doubt they expected us to be so blunt and irreverent toward parenthood, but we believe retrospective truth is better… Read More ONE and carrot cupcakes
We gathered in the snow. It was one of those random early October snowfalls. The kind that rolled in overnight and begged everyone to cancel their Sunday plans and stay inside, away from the winter that had disrupted their autumn. The fact that we still made the effort speaks volumes given the context. But such… Read More harvest fest and chai cookies
I’ve been thinking a lot about signs of change. I first pondered it in my simple ceramic coffee mug, my personal signal that the weekend has arrived. Gone is the weekday on-the-go Yeti cup, replaced by something that reminds me it’s finally time to slow down. I see it in the lone yellow branch outside… Read More changes and dolmades
You might as well put a revolving door on our house, because we have been visitor CENTRAL this Spring. It’s taken us some time to recover and reflect on our social season, but despite our exhaustion, our overall sentiment is: please come back. We can’t even begin to explain how much it meant to have… Read More revolving doors and stuffed dates
Mother’s Day is a right of passage. I didn’t understand this until I found myself actually looking forward to the holiday. It was as though I had finally been granted access to an exclusive club I didn’t even realize I wanted access to. The Mother’s Day Club. It’s a club most well-known for its breakfasts… Read More mother’s day and tzatziki
It’s been a week of milestones in the Frels household. Within a single week, we celebrated 10 years as a couple and 6 months as parents. And with only a little bit of effort, each milestone was recognized with its due significance. On April 20th, we enlisted our friend Mary Anne to spend the evening… Read More milestones and okonomiyaki
