Well friends, we have officially reached that part of summer where stepping outside feels like walking directly into someone else’s bad attitude. The heat has settled in fully now, the humidity has stopped pretending to be temporary, and every person in Georgia seems united by one shared activity: complaining about the weather while refusing to…
At Home
Pull Up a Chair: June 19, 2026
Well friends, we are somehow already staring down the second half of June, and I honestly would like to know who keeps speeding the calendar up when nobody is paying attention. Summer always begins with everybody talking about all the things they plan to do, and then suddenly it is late June and half of…
Pull Up a Chair: June 12, 2026
Well friends, we are officially deep into June now, which means two things around here: the humidity has become personally offensive, and nobody can agree on the thermostat setting anymore. Summer in the South really is a special kind of experience. You walk outside at eight o’clock in the morning and immediately feel like you…
Father’s Day Without Him
Father’s Day has looked different for me for a long time now. Twenty-six years, to be exact. Long enough that the sharp edges of grief have softened, but not so long that the day passes without me noticing the empty space it leaves behind. That is the thing about losing someone you love deeply. Time…
Pull Up a Chair: June 5, 2026
Well friends, we made it to June, and I do not know about y’all, but it already feels like summer showed up with absolutely no intention of easing into things gently. The heat arrived, the humidity moved in permanently, and somewhere along the way my motivation packed a small bag and disappeared until at least…
Pull Up a Chair: May 29, 2026
Well friends, we officially made it to the last Friday in May, and honestly, I feel like this month packed at least three separate years into it somehow. May always starts out feeling fresh and hopeful, and then somewhere around the middle of the month everything speeds up all at once. School activities, graduations, Memorial…
A Quiet Kind of Honor: Remembering on Memorial Day
Memorial Day has always meant something a little deeper in our family. It is not just the start of summer or a long weekend filled with cookouts and sunshine. It is a day that carries stories, memories, and a quiet kind of pride that settles in your heart and stays there. I grew up in…
Pull Up a Chair: May 22, 2026
Well friends, another Friday has rolled around and honestly, I am not entirely sure how we got here so quickly. May always seems to move at two completely different speeds. Some days drag on forever while others disappear before I have even figured out what day it actually is. One minute you are talking about…
When the House Finally Feels Lived In
There is a moment that happens in a house, and you don’t notice it right away. It doesn’t come with an announcement or some big shift you can point to. One day, you’re still adjusting, still figuring out where things go, still noticing everything that feels off. And then somewhere along the way, without really…
Pull Up a Chair: April 24, 2026
Pull up a chair. This week feels like it belongs at the kitchen table. Not in a big, memorable, holiday kind of way. Not the kind where you set out your best dishes or plan something special. Just the everyday kind of table where life happens in between everything else. That is where most of…
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