It’s not that I don’t go to the fountains and altars and mountaintops, lay alms and offerings, burn incense, seek the celestial fix.
In fact, I do these things, over and over, tripping on my hem in haste, eyes wide in anticipation, when I sit with determination each morning at my desk, and drink from the wide font of literature, and wait in breathless quiet.
But why is it that the more I fall into my private life, filled as it is with small things and heartstrings and accidents and attic dust, that I hear the flute and most clearly?
Come stand in your backyard.
Come look at the napkin your daughter has folded on the dining room table, and the love note from your son.
Come take the familiar hand, and smell your grandmother’s soup on the stove, and slip your arms around your home.
These are the yeomen of inspiration; hang on.
Post-Scripts.
+My day is filled with small things.
+Motherhood can feel like long division.
+Reassurance for a Monday, if you need it.
Shopping Break.
+A great striped sweater at a great price.
+This bag is under $140 and wildly chic.
+This botanical print $30 dress!
+Just the chicest summer top ever.
+I am usually a die-hard Nike Invincible girl for runners, but these Brooks glycerin running sneakers have my attention. While we’re talking running, I just ordered some of these Bombas running socks (the colors are SO fun — use code comfort20 if it’s your first order) and am contemplating buying more Tracksmith running shorts — I love these and these. I go up a size in their bottoms — I find they run really small and narrow.
+Basketweave Birks! These are so fun!
+Loving Pink Chicken’s new diffusion line, Coop! How cute are these rollneck sweaters and these gingham shorts?
+OK this La Ligne dress is perfect.
+Fun awning stripe cover up with scallop trim.
+Little English has some seriously cute FOJ options out for littles — love this dress and these shorts. But also, their alligator print is SO cute! This for a baby boy, this for a baby girl!
+This denim vest!
+Chic tortoise vase!
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