getting away and coming back again

:: we stayed on a coffee farm and they bloomed while we were there ::

:: do you see all of the blooming coffee below? ::

February was amazing.

One of my favorite things about vacationing is missing home,

 and if away from family... missing family too.

I think it is absolutely essential for parents to get away from time to time. Missing your children. Missing your home. Feeling so excited to return to your everyday. It is a magical feeling.

Obviously, I got away this February.

Kindred spirits, an amazing group of women. Warm sun. Black sand beaches!? 

Tropical plants. Tropical fruit. 

Soul medicine.

I returned home refreshed and inspired.

I have been reading some inspiring books. One in particular has been very inspiring... and not in the way I imagined it would. This book. 

Along with lots of reading I have caught spring cleaning fever (it always seems to get me in January or February)... the before spring cleaning fever... ha. 

Anyway, I spent a week turning our house upside down. Purging, cleaning, organizing. 

It felt so good. 

I feel like when the house is clean and orderly, my mind is free and clear.

The older I get the more the order of the house effects the order in my mind.

My poor mind.

I have been trying to do a bit of organizing and updating on this blog as well.

I recently realized that my banner and picture were from years ago.

(insert laughing hysterically emoji here)

I really enjoy experimenting with the design features on blogger. I find it hard to justify the time spent doing it though. Especially since my last post was from Christmas... oy. 

But I miss this space. I want to share here. 

Hopefully I will be back again soon.