love letters by linen and lodge
in this portion of the blog you’ll find a collection of writings about motherhood, sharing the art of restoration, cozy living, romanticizing the mundane, and the art of simply being. i write each post as if i were writing a little “love letter” to my friends. i picture you reading each one while drinking your morning (or late night) coffee with hopes of inspiring you to explore and restore yourself.
have your cake and eat it too.
fridays are for me
you know my best friend BETHANY, the famous artist. well she went to school to become a paramedic. just because she felt like it. and i crave that sort of novelty in life.
motherhood unfiltered
Many times I had thought… What is the point of this? Do these words collect dust in this small corner of the internet? Do they carry any weight? But now I write for me, I write for self expression, I write for my own joy in creating something.
a letter to my daughter
This loss you are about to battle won't be easy, it’ll feel like you swallowed a million burning stars that get stuck in your throat and down to your stomach. Your heart will ache deeply for the love you had…
a cozy new years
We wanted to wake up all together on January 1st, a small way to remember that this year, after a hard one, that we can and will brave it all together.
life update
We laid in our grief that night under a heated blanket as if the warmth would somehow hush the pain… we looked at each other, a silent nod, a quiet understanding and uncomfortable handshake with death.