i am an atlanta blogger and podcaster with hoosier hysteria, texas pride, and california dreams.

Every year, on every one of her kids' birthday, does every mom stop and say, "I can't believe my baby is [blank] years old today!"? I swear this is me. Over the weekend, my youngest cub turned four years old. 

My first introduction to Karen Stubbs and Birds on a Wire, the mom's ministry she founded, was doing a study called Mom Core over the summer with a group of women who live nearby. It's one of Karen's most popular curriculums (and if you're a member of Right Now Media, you can watch it here, otherwise you can get it here).  I need to tell you: lesson four in Mom Core, the "Being a Student of Your Child" lesson, fundamentally changed how I parented.

The Kate Spade brand holds a dear spot in the lives of many women, and her death caused a collective gasp not just in fashion circles, but for women everywhere. What her brand represented to so many of us was hope and optimism and self-earned success.

I don't have a good track record with style challenges or daily photo challenges or weekly journals or really anything that requires me to do things routinely in a public manner. 

However, I saw that Caroline at Unfancy had posted a new post, and she, along with Style Bee and Elizabeth Suzann have begun a new 10x10 challenge. For those of you who aren't familiar with these types of style challenges, basically, a bunch of people decide to wear [however many] items only for [as many] days, without repeating an outfit. In this case, it's ten items for ten days.