A Happy Room

Words & Photography
by Hannah Carpenter



Tom just got in trouble, and afterward he whispered in my ear, "You broke my love." He might be a genius manipulator.

I'm pretty slow when it comes to this process. For me, rooms kinda have to grow gradually...

Also, I'm making real headway on the living room. Everyone wants to be in this room now which makes me very happy. I'm still waiting on another chair, looking for art, and am deciding on window dressings. I'm leaning toward simple roller shades. Thoughts, design people? I'm pretty slow when it comes to this process. For me, rooms kinda have to grow gradually, but it's almost done! It's becoming a brighter, happier room! Maybe not at this particular moment, but in general.

Your Offering

Words & Photography
by Breanne Rodgers



You have this one thing. This part of you that needs to be fought for. Perhaps, right now, it's being choked out by fear or doubt. It's time to let it breathe, girl. You see, I'm a writer. It took a long while to settle with that. It feels like home now. Scribbling my heart onto a page is starting to feel less like a hobby and more like an offering.

You have this one thing. This part of you that needs to be fought for. 

It's been said that grief needs beauty. And isn't the whole world always heaving underneath it's own brokenness? When you're share your offering, your gift, you're saying, "Look. Here's proof that this--the pain, the dark, the wrongness--isn't all there is. Here is hope." I don't know why, I just had this pressing urge to share this mesaage tonight. If one person listens, then it matters. Keep fighting, brave one. You, with your dreams and your precious gifts and your hard-won story, are so needed here. Don't you dare give up.

The Things Going Right

Words & Photography
by Kerrie Moon



While we are in this strange limbo of where we are and where we want to be, we made a vow to ourselves and to our children to still enchant in what we can, whenever we can. Because when a million things seem to be going wrong, it takes great courage to focus on the millions of things going right.

While we are in this strange limbo of where we are and where we want to be, we made a vow to ourselves and to our children to still enchant in what we can, whenever we can.

Like autumn walks to the library. Picking out the best flavor of ice cream at night. Pulling down the wine glasses from the cupboard. Interlacing our hands during our coffee. Drying out rosemary next to the window for our meals. Yard clippings into bud vases. Brushing their silky hair after lavender baths.

The Small, Beautiful Details

Words & Photography
by Anna Núñez



It's like a little game for us every time we walk downtown -
to pick out the small, beautiful details that would have otherwise gone unnoticed.

Precious Moments

Words & Photography
by Mikenzi Jones



One of those precious moments that don't happen often anymore...
it reminded me of our couch potato days when he was just a newborn
and I would binge watch Netflix, and he would sleep all day.
It's fun seeing him turn into a little boy but I'm grateful
I can still enjoy him being my baby.