Life and Lovely Things invites you to live everyday life with Love.

What if you lived your everyday life with Love? Not someday, when things are perfect, when moments are extraordinary, or when there is some incredible adventure to experience — but right now. What if what you really want isn’t a different set of circumstances, but a deeper, richer experience of the life you already have?

What if you sipped your morning tea with Love? Had a conversation with a friend with Love? Or saw your ordinary Tuesday, the walk around the block, a simple shared meal - all of it, with Love? What would change? You might notice more, savor more, be more present for the beauty that’s already here. Your glasses might become a little more rose-colored and moments that used to whiz by might, all of a sudden, shimmer. You might recognize more magic in the mundane, the heaven here now, the Love in all things.

Life and Lovely Things invites women to live everyday life with Love. Through writing and open-hearted content, along with community gatherings and simple surprises and delights, we practice together — noticing the beauty in ordinary moments, appreciating what's already here, engaging fully with the life in front of us. Because when women live with Love, they create with Love. And slowly, the world becomes more and ever more Lovely. Join us. Let’s practice living everyday life with Love together.

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“Women in Love do things in Love and create a world more and ever more in Love.”

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The Tea Set

On an aged built-in shelf, among glass plates, gilded cutlery, and ornate serving dishes, sits a nearly 150-year old tea set. The story of how I came to be in possession of such a treasure is one of admiration and respect, grief and acceptance, joy and Love. It is sweet, simple, and perfectly ordinary. And it is more. For the attentive and discerning, there are all the heroines and heroes, goddesses and gods, legendary battles, and brave rescues of any epic tale, and even a quest to save the world that spans generations.

Quotes from the Classics: November

November does not readily lend itself to lines of poetry. Gone are the blue skies and brisk mornings of September and October. There is little hope of one of those unseasonably warm days that surprise and delight everyone. It is not quite…not quite the time of twinkling snow or hot chocolate or fires in the fireplace, not quite the season of holiday cheer (after all, by the time families gather around a turkey and Christmas music is played in earnest, November is all but over), and not quite the coming of new year resolutions. It is even too early to wait for it to be beautiful again. The Light has passed, the skies are grey, and we find ourselves in a strange liminal space of the desolate, the dark, the cold drizzles, the dreariness, with which we must sit. And what is there to say about that? It’s ugly, or so it seems, and most of us have just resigned ourselves to simply wishing it were something else.

Quotes from the Classics: October

Ohio is an autumn postcard, a veritable cliché of colored leaves, pumpkin patches, and cinnamon donuts with warm apple cider. There is a chill in the air that makes a hoodie extra special, whether it be worn on a hayride, through a corn maze, or shielding against intermittent snow flurries, depending on the year. Welcome, October!

Quotes from the Classics: September

When my oldest baby was an actual baby - no more than 2 or 3 years old - we began a tradition of watching September sunrises. This didn’t happen as it would in the movies. It was not the result of arduous pre-planning or creative brainstorming. It spawned from pure chaos, like the best ideas often are.

Tea Time

“No matter where you are in the world, you are at home when tea is served.” — Earlene Grey

Y’all, I have very few rituals that don’t involve tea. I work, pray, meditate, journal, create, and have my deepest conversations with tea; and when I stopped drinking alcohol (IKR), I doubled down on my favorite herbal infusions. In short, tea drinking is my jam. The steam coming off a piping hot cup instantly creates space for me to breathe for a moment. Join me! Here are some tips to make the most of your tea time...