There are certain things you don’t realize will matter until enough time has passed. The hospital bracelet. The admission ticket. A handwritten card. The invitation to a party you planned for months. A photograph you’ve seen a hundred times but still can’t bring yourself to put away. I’ve always been a keeper of things– I…
Harbor Island had been on our radar for a few years now, but what moved us to book wasn’t an Instagram post or a Pinterest mood board. It was a novel. Pink Sand Summer by my friend Chassity Evans— her debut, and one of my favorite reads this year— is set against the blush-colored beaches…
Part 4: Addressing the 20% Down Payment Myth One of the reasons I wanted to create this Homeownership Guide is because there are so many financial “rules” we’ve heard our entire lives that we simply accept as fact. Unfortunately, some of them keep people from pursuing homeownership before they’ve even had a conversation with a…
I Went to Aurora, New York as a MacKenzie-Childs Fan. I Left as Something More. Before I tell you about the how Mackenzie-Childs ceramics go through over a dozen stages and touch even more hands before it’s ever completed, I have to address what a lot of you have probably already seen. If you’ve been…
As we continue on the journey of becoming a “future matriarch,” we return again and again to one central idea: building a life rooted in stability, intention, and legacy. Homeownership is one of the clearest reflections of that vision. It represents more than a financial milestone; it’s the creation of a space where memories are…
