I’m not sure about you, friends, but life has been a doozy lately. We’ve effectively been sick since the week before Christmas (RSV, two rounds of norovirus and another cold). The baby has sleep regressed and refused to take a bottle–kid has my stubborn streak, apparently. It’s been too cold to be outside many days and we’re all suffering from a bad case of cabin fever. I was not sad to see the end of January!
Rant over… it’s already mid-February but I wanted to break up the minimalism posts by sharing a few things I’m loving lately. Probably the thing I’m loving most is the anticipation for our upcoming trip to Sydney! Bring on the sun, warm and humid weather, and salt air. Super excited to share our travels with you in a few weeks, too :)… Read More »
Last month, in the midst of my own major post-holiday declutter, I learned a new-to-me term: osoji, which Google tells me literally means “big clean” in Japanese. It’s not a new tradition at all, however–it dates back to circa 800 A.D. At that time, the Imperial Court was ritually cleansed of soot at the end of each year to welcome the deity of the new year (
Happy new year, friends! I’ve sat down several times in the past couple of weeks to write about our not-so-minimalist Christmas and my thoughts on holiday celebrations–but, there are too many strong emotions there right now to write anything productive. So we’ll let sleeping bears lie for now.
When I’m in a slump in parenting, relationships, or life in general–it’s usually because I’ve forgotten to embrace uncertainty. It’s so simple, but so easy to forget.