We did the FULL Jersey shore experience today! Beach time, @surftaco_official , @jenksboardwalk , boardwalk game & prizes, a funhouse, & capped it off with the joy of fireworks!
Anniversary adventure to Princeton for dinner & ice cream! The past 12 anniversaries have coincided with my 2 weeks in the summer of Army training, so we always have to get creative. I am forever grateful for the practical thinking + flexibili
So, I think this is gonna be one of those vulnerable posts of the week. (Scrunching my nose at the ugh-ness of vulnerability - but it’s so vital & needed, so let’s go.) Body image, self-care, & identity. When I hear those word
Sippin’ sips & funny faces with my oldest gal, Selah. :) #BlueEyes #DadLife
No special words, I just really like this photo. 😍
Father’s Day both makes me excited (because I LOVE #dadlife ) and also continually nervous as my kids get older and & the deeper conversations will come about how I’m not genetically theirs. *I haven’t written about this in aw
7 weeks ago we bought a house & I started a new role with @cityrelief . It’s been amazing. It’s been a lot. There has been laughter, excitement, & joy. But, there has also been a STEEP learning curve, an overwhelming amount o
Every bit of my people loving & community living heart is filled with gratitude. #NewHome #Community #Enneagram2 #HighBridgeNJ
Oh this girl, she crinkled my heart this week when she asked if I could play with her and I said no because I was in the middle of working and quite stressed at the time. She turns to Selah and says, “daddy doesn’t play anymore, he just
Oh how I really hope that these are the last “before” pictures Vincent ever takes. But, Friday nights after check-in‘s are closed are a really crappy time to be in need with nowhere to go, no way to be contacted, and on the brink
It is such an honor to get to sit down and learn from a seasoned leader and civil-rights activist like @pastorbartley who has been doing amazing work in Newark, Elizabeth, and across the entire state of New Jersey the past three decades. “I wa
Later on this month we will celebrate 13 years of marriage, 18 years of relationship, and 23 years of friendship. 😍 Finally we’ve hit the stage in life that both of our rings don’t fit on our swollen hands because of the amount of physi
Rainbows & sunsets, what could be better!? ❤️
Who knew I’d be pope by my 35th bday (thanks to my awesome bday hat made by Selah)!? 🤣 Thanks for all the bday love! ❤️❤️❤️
Fresh lemonade & cinnamon rolls today in High Bridge! #GirlPower #BusinessWomen #CommunicationSkills
We are officially home owners! After 13 years of living in condos and renting, we are beyond grateful to be able to have the chance to own a house in an amazing small community here in High Bridge, New Jersey, surrounded by trees and nature, a plet
With the end of the New York City Relief era, comes the end of my time on the outreach team. Throughout the past 7 years of dinner on street corners and exchanging ashes (burnt-out lives) for beauty (life-transformation) in that of my friends exper
As of today, we are officially City Relief!

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