cow release part-2

May 8, 2017 By Jodi

$Kanelbulle \ Cinnamon buns at the cow release party$

Moving Forward

November 10, 2016 By Jodi 7 Comments

I'm finding it incredibly difficult to sit down and work on a normal blog post today. (It wasn't even a possibility yesterday.) I feel like I have to address the elephant in the room (no pun intended). I am crushed and demoralized. I am looking for hope, and love, and community. I am inspired by several of my fellow...

On Having Imperfect Pictures of Myself on the Blog

August 11, 2016 By Jodi 10 Comments

One of the most common critiques of the social media world--a world most of us find ourselves entrenched in--is that it presents us with edited and often idealized images of other people's lives. We see more of others' aspirational lives than we do of their real, everyday lives. While we might lament this, we often tend...

Some Thoughts on the Postpartum Period

March 10, 2017 By Jodi 13 Comments

Little Bing-Bong is ten days old today. We've been home for eight of those, adjusting to life as a new family of five—mostly this means adjusting to being the mother of a newborn again. I was inspired by this post on one of my favorite blogs, Reading My Tea Leaves, to share with you what this...

Making Friends As An Adult in the US and Sweden

February 24, 2017 By Jodi 5 Comments

I've been thinking a lot about relationships—particularly friendships—as part of my happiness project these last few months. It's also something I think about as an immigrant living in a foreign country. I have been blessed to have some of the very best friends in the world, but, unfortunately, they all live an ocean—or an ocean and a...

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