Weekend Vibes: A Reframe.

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My Latest Snags. 

On the family front: I ordered a sampler of Skout’s snack bars for my children. I’m constantly looking for healthier/healthy-ish options to send in for their snacks at school, and have been hearing good things about these and their few ingredients. Stay tuned — fully expect my children will summarily reject them and I’ll have 20 bars to eat myself. And as a last minute Valentine’s surprise, I bought my children heart day Squishmallows (they love them! — this one for my son; this for my daughter. I think you can still have delivered in time for the 14th. I’m going to have them sitting in their breakfast seats and string this garland up over the table.

I also restocked my activity backstock with a maze book, drawing book, some Usborne sticker books, and a little gel pen set.

For myself, I cannot wait for the following to arrive: this Quince sweatsuit (top, bottoms), new Nike leggings, and a new Nike sweatshirt.

This Week’s Bestsellers.

01. J. CREW’S ANSWER TO THE HIGHSPORT PANT // 02. $70 HEART NECKLACE // 03. ALIX OF BOHEMIA BLOUSE // 04. BEST $20 MASCARA EVER // 05. SKIMS BRALETTES // 06. JANESSA LEONE HAT (PACKABLE AND ON SUPER SALE) // 07. MADEWELL WOVEN FLATS // 08. VELVET BRYLIE PANTS (MORE SIZES HERE) // 09. AMAZON COSMETICS CASE // 10. J. CREW POINTELLE TEE // 11. MISSY ROBBINS COOKBOOK // 12. NIKE VINTAGE WAFFLE DEBUTS // 13. TARGET STRIPED DRESS // 14. PLATFORM ADIDAS GAZELLES // 15. AERIN TABLE LAMP // 16. TARGET SHEETS

Weekend Musing: A Reframe.

Thank you a million times over for your generous, supportive, and wise responses to my post on Tilly. I felt so lifted, and in a strange way reassured by how many of you have gone through this recently, too. As one of you put it: “Grief is the price we pay for love.” One of the threads that made a strong impact on my outlook during this time: isn’t it a privilege to help these animals leave the world? Like, I’m sitting here with my girl grateful for this borrowed time in which I can show her love and make her last few weeks as comfortable and happy as possible. I went from wallowing in anticipatory grief to feeling needed, useful. I cannot control when she will go, but I can show up and show her love today. I think sometimes just having a job, and doing it well, can be an answer. It is a gift to be needed.

I will say I am dreading the quiet after she’s gone — already eyeing her stuffed animals and favorite chuck-it balls with worry. I know they will soon be ciphers of her absence. (Who will throw them out?) But it’s OK, I remind myself. That sadness is the sister of love. At the end of the day, it’s all love.

On a happier note, two joyous things that emerged from that post: 1) so many of you wrote to say you’d stopped and taken some time to love on your dogs, and that brought me joy, and 2) several of you wrote to me about your dogs, and your memories of them, and I enjoyed those, too.

Thank you all for the soft landing.

P.S. More reframes (mainly from you readers!) that I have loved and leaned on.

P.P.S. More on the notion of a “soft landing.”

Post-Scripts.

+How CUTE is this printed, quilted floral jacket for spring?!

+This caftan has my name all over it. The colors, the pattern, the shape! GORGEOUS.

+My children have been very into Bingo lately – love these magnetic Bingo boards for travel (and not).

+You know how much I adore this Xirena gauze blouse — you might also like this similar less expensive Boden style.

+Love these wisteria-colored linen mary janes.

+A great striped sweater for your little man.