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It’s funny how our little “live in Mexico for

It’s funny how our little “live in Mexico for a year” plan became the foundation of their story.

I can’t wait to hear what they’ll have to say about growing up in Mexico...

It’s funny, when our family leaves to go the States, Craig and I still find ourselves saying that we’re going home.

When we leave the States to return to Mexico, the girls, my Choyeras 🇲🇽, always say they’re going home.

Sigh.

Grateful for living here.

Love,
Ky

P.S. I’ll be even more grateful if they ever go back to in-classroom school... 😏 amen?

#expatlife #growingUpInMexico #caboLife #viviennecake #lilapickle #sanJoseDelCabo #choyeras #lifeincabo

Well friends, it’s time. Today I looked at Doll

Well friends, it’s time.

Today I looked at Dolly 🎀, (our pink Christmas tree), glistening at me in the morning light and thought, “It’s time. Thank you for bringing blush and bashful joy into our home during the holiday season...a-hem... and beyond.”

So, with that, the tree that’s been plugged in since mid-December and never turned off, will take a bow and exist stage right.

She brought delight.

And I shall be forever grateful.

Go in peace, Dolly. Well done. I’ll see you in 9-10 months.

Love,
Ky

P.S. Rest assured that our main Christmas tree and all other decor has been down for quite some time.

P.S. When Craig heard me say that I think it was time for the tree to come down he actually lit up LIKE a Christmas tree (the irony didn’t escape me) and pumped both fists in the air and exclaimed, “YESSSSS!” with a full-on, whole-tooth smile.

Craig, the Patron Saint of Patience, for the win again. Thanks for allowing space for me to get there on my own. How we, do kindly note that the pink cactus lamp isn’t going anywhere anytime soon.

#goodbyeisnotforever #pinkchristmastree #ilovedolly #joy #christmasdecor #theLongWayAround #takeYourTime #adiosarbol

Not much going on over here this past week. Just a

Not much going on over here this past week. Just a lot of living.

Work and life and busy-ness and resting and quiet and sweatpants and almost a year of virtual school and today... a braid.

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When I was a little girl we'd go to this one Mom & Pop restaurant down the street that had booths with brown-covered benches and they served hot chocolate in these thick, seemingly unbreakable brown mugs. The cocoa was overly-sweet and the perfect temperature and was always graciously topped with a heap of whipped cream.

I'd pick up the warm mug carefully and slowly tip it toward my mouth... whipped cream high-fiving my nose... I'd start to tip the mug...never quite knowing when my lips would reach the actual hot chocolate, but knowing that when I did... it would be heaven.

...tip the mug...

...tip the mug...

...it's got to be coming at some point...

...I'll taste the hot chocolate soon?...

...I just have to wait...

...tip the mug...

AND THEN! There it was.

Delicious. Warm. The body-warming and soul-feeding goodness was there, a las.

I'm kinda in that season right now...

...tipping the mug...

...tipping the mug...

...something good is coming...

...I just need to be patient and wait.

Until then, I'll find the joy in whatever the day brings.

Like today? Braiding my own hair.

Hope you taste your hot chocolate, too.

xo,
Ky

P.S. Life is full of highs and lows. As a gentle reminder, it's ok to feel all the feelings and go inward sometimes. Cocoons are necessary. Be gentle with your soul and disavow the accolades of productivity. A complete To Do list has no bearing on our worth. If you're going through a THING, I see you. Keep going. It's been quite a year. We really are in this together. So thankful for all of you.

#realLife #keepGoing #GiveyourselfGrace #BraidedHair #HotChocolate #Joy #SeasonsOfGrowth #QuietSeason #TGIF #sigh

This picture is a keeper. Sigh. Have a lovely Su

This picture is a keeper.

Sigh.

Have a lovely Sunday, a lovely week, friends.

Xo,
Ky

P.S. That moon...

#growingUpCabo #vivicake #expatLife #expatInMexico #winterAtTheBeach #iDidNotEvenTouchTheWater #brrrr

When I was a teenager, full of angst and hope, I c

When I was a teenager, full of angst and hope, I came across this poem. It resonated. It made sense. Hmmm, I thought: this is how it goes. This explains it.

Beautiful, fleeting..ah.. *full* life...

“Your children are not your children.

They are the sons and daughters of Life’s longing for itself.

They come through you but not from you,

And though they are with you yet they belong not to you.

You may give them your love but not your thoughts,
For they have their own thoughts.

You may house their bodies but not their souls,

For their souls dwell in the house of tomorrow, which you cannot visit, not even in your dreams.

You may strive to be like them, but seek not to make them like you.

For life goes not backward nor tarries with yesterday.

You are the bows from which your children as living arrows are sent forth.

The archer sees the mark upon the path of the infinite, and He bends you with His might that His arrows may go swift and far.

Let your bending in the archer’s hand be for gladness;

For even as He loves the arrow that flies, so He loves also the bow that is stable.”

-Khalil Gibran

They’re not ours to keep. They’re merely on loan.

Sigh.

Love,
Ky

P.S. Her nose. Look at her baby nose. And then, remember, she’s almost to taller than I am and she wears the same show size.

#lilapickle #girlMom #khalilgibran #sigh #iblinked

I once read somewhere that dogs don’t like hugs.

I once read somewhere that dogs don’t like hugs. That hugs are just human constructs thrust upon them.

I’d like to confirm, through nearly 14 years of hugging this scruffy muffin, that dogs DO indeed like hugs.

There’s that moment when her body relaxes, she exhales, and she’s totally in it.

Now, I think the better question would be: who needs the hug more? Her or me...

Wish I could give you all a hug.

One day friends, one day.

Xo,
Ky

📸: by Lila

#fergielupita #mybff #dogsAreAngels #dogHugs #loveLoveLove #havaneseofinstagram #hugs #pocketsOfGrace #topknot

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