Thredup!

I've always loved shopping secondhand, mostly for the deals but also I like the feeling of recycling and reusing.  I was a big Good Will shopper and gave frequent donations but unfortunately they closed their store in my town.

On Tuesday one of my favorite blogs, Reading My Tea Leaves, wrote a post about the company Thredup, an online secondhand clothing store.  The company offered an extra 40% discount to the first 100 readers from her blog who placed an order.

I ordered a JCrew tunic, a pair of Lands'End Shorts, a Basic Editions skirt and a Studio West skirt, all for just over $23 with the discount.  My package came today and everything looks great!

Thredup will also buy your clothing.  I tried to order a Clean Out Kit today but unfortunately they aren't sending out any kits till after July.  It seems they're a bit overwhelmed with clean out bags at the moment.  So I'll have to wait and see how that end of the business works.  But for now, I'm super pleased.

Lessons I'm Grateful For: A Book Recommendation.

I recently finished reading The Bright Hour: A Memoir of Living and Dying.  The book was written by a young wife and mother, Nina Riggs, while dying of breast cancer.  I don't write very often about the books I read, even though reading is a huge part of my life.  But Nina's book is something I find myself thinking about every day.  

I am a person who is sometimes overly consumed with mortality.  This book for me has been a lesson on dying.  For years I've kept a common book.  I've copied down more of Nina's words than I have from any other source before.  Her courage, grace, and insight are not easily forgotten, nor should they be.  

Not often, but there are times when emotions are too strong for me to write about, knowing I won't find words that will do them justice.  Yet she wrote, leaving a legacy for her husband and two young sons (ten and six).  Nina died February of this year.  She was 39.

The truth of it is, I hope I never go a day without thinking of Nina's book.  To be honest, I had a healthy fear of death and now she's changed how I feel about it.   She's given me important lessons on living and dying.  Lessons that were delivered with humor, love, and hope.  Because, "Dying isn't the end of the world."

Amelia's First Book

This is my 12th book.  I must say, it's getting more difficult to come up with ideas.  

Here Comes the Sun, seemed the perfect choice for this little spark of sunshine.

Now, back to work.  Sophia turns one in August and Rowen turns two in October!