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I'm Shannon. Writer, Enneagram One, and mom of three (boy-girl twins + another little guy). I live for coffee, reading, and a good beer. Also pedicures. This is where I scribble my thoughts about motherhood, a deconstructed faith, and life. Enjoy!

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After watching Nolan turn on the oven: ⠀ Me: How do you know how to do that? ⠀ Nolan: I learned from watching you. ⠀ Me: … ⠀ Well, there’s a sentence to sum up motherhood for you. ⠀ Happy Mother’s Day to all who are celebrating tod
This week’s #roundupbeautiful: ⠀ It’s baseball season. / Also: tree climbing season. / Also also: hopscotch season. / Sitting on the porch with a cold drink and a good book next to this tree that blooms for a hot minute is a top 10 vibe.
Sometimes things feel so dark and heavy and like this world is way too much. ⠀ And then I look down while I’m doing dishes and realize my house is being vacuumed at the exact same time by a tiny robot vacuum and what is this witchcraft? Like, I
A mom chased me down after Nolan’s baseball game this morning. ⠀ “I got a cool picture of your son!” she told me. “I was getting a picture of my daughter playing catcher and got a picture of him hitting the ball. Can I send it
Hello from Target last night, where I did that thing where you wander around and buy things to solve your problems. ⠀ (I only ran inside because I needed to grab some gift cards—Happy Teacher Appreciation Week, educators!—but then realize
APRIL READS ⠀ 1 // Astonish Me ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Someone recommended this novel in a “what should I read next?” thread. As soon as I heard it was set in the ballet world, I was all in. (Fun fact: I was in a pre-professional ballet program in high
Y’know when the Olympics are on they do deep-dive profiles on the athletes? And it feels like there are always several, without fail, who say something like, “My mom has never missed a single practice. Even when I had to be at the pool at
Making the most of tulip season while it lasts. // When you find yourself on the page. (Via Maggie Smith’s “You Coule Make This Place Beautiful.” // Setting a calm scene before the kids hopped off the bus. (They immediately walked i
The latest edition of Monthly Scribbles went out this morning! ⠀ A few of the scribbles you’ll find include: ⠀ •Writing about traveling for work and the proper number of adults to children to keep a household of five running smoothly. My t
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Nolan Two Months

April 22, 2016

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