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.

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How to Romanticize Grocery Day

Even the most mundane routines can feel like a warm hug with a shift in perspective. I’m sharing how I turned our grocery haul days into a cozy ritual—from handwritten lists on ivory lined paper to reusable bags, woven farmers market baskets, and a reward latte on the way home.

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From survival to self-expression

I'm not here to master each skill I want to explore, but rather enjoy the novelty of it and allow myself to fall in love, with whichever hobbies, naturally.

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Capturing Cinematic Moments at Home

In this post, I’ll share how I style and shoot casual at-home photo sessions that feel straight out of ‘The Holiday’—soft, sentimental, and full of movement.

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motherhood this time around: what’s different

In my case it fed my drive to heal and become better. To be tender and careful with the hearts that come into my life. I carry each one like a treasure so as to never break them the way these former friends broke mine. 

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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.

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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.

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lamppost

I aspire for life to feel like a rom com. always. there is a constant theme of romanticizing life within our home. maybe i’m delusional or maybe i’m a genius for taking this approach in the depths of motherhood. cast your vote my friends.

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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…

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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.

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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.

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