Dear Marie, I read a headline recently that I originally thought was a joke: Marie Kondo admits she has “kind of given up” on tidying up after having three kids. Hilarious. But there’s no way that could be real. As a casual observer of your work, I was confused. But as a mom, there was zero confusion. Motherhood is messy. Literally. Figuratively. All of it. I remember first hearing about your philosophy of getting rid of items that don’t “spark joy.” I looked around my house and gleefully imagined purging all the brightly colored, noisy, plastic toys that clutter my space each and every day. T ..read more

My son snapped this picture of me a few summers ago. When I look at it, I am immediately transported back to a moment in time. And that moment was not pleasant. We were on vacation in Colorado. Vacations with kids are not my happy place as much as I truly wish they were. This particular day was a doozy. We had driven a curvy road in our massive van up the top of a peak. I was NERVOUS the entire time, which meant doing irrational things, like leaning my body into the opposite direction of every curve in the hopes of keeping us from toppling down the mountain. The kids were oblivious to my shee ..read more

My family has a yearly tradition of reading a chapter a day of the book of Luke, leading up to Christmas. It has been such an enriching experience that helps center our holiday season on what is most important to us. If you’d like to join us in these readings, I’m providing questions to talk through with your kids to help spark conversations and meaningful engagement with what you read. I hope it’s helpful!  (Here is where you can find background information or to start this project at Chapter 1.) Before you start each night, think about the environment you’re creating for this experience ..read more

My family has a yearly tradition of reading a chapter a day of the book of Luke, leading up to Christmas. It has been such an enriching experience that helps center our holiday season on what is most important to us. If you’d like to join us in these readings, I’m providing questions to talk through with your kids to help spark conversations and meaningful engagement with what you read. I hope it’s helpful!  (Here is where you can find background information or to start this project at Chapter 1.) Before you start each night, think about the environment you’re creating for this experience ..read more

My family has a yearly tradition of reading a chapter a day of the book of Luke, leading up to Christmas. It has been such an enriching experience that helps center our holiday season on what is most important to us. If you’d like to join us in these readings, I’m providing questions to talk through with your kids to help spark conversations and meaningful engagement with what you read. I hope it’s helpful!  (Here is where you can find background information or to start this project at Chapter 1.) Before you start each night, think about the environment you’re creating for this experience ..read more

My family has a yearly tradition of reading a chapter a day of the book of Luke, leading up to Christmas. It has been such an enriching experience that helps center our holiday season on what is most important to us. If you’d like to join us in these readings, I’m providing questions to talk through with your kids to help spark conversations and meaningful engagement with what you read. I hope it’s helpful!  (Here is where you can find background information or to start this project at Chapter 1.) Before you start each night, think about the environment you’re creating for this experience ..read more

My family has a yearly tradition of reading a chapter a day of the book of Luke, leading up to Christmas. It has been such an enriching experience that helps center our holiday season on what is most important to us. If you’d like to join us in these readings, I’m providing questions to talk through with your kids to help spark conversations and meaningful engagement with what you read. I hope it’s helpful!  (Here is where you can find background information or to start this project at Chapter 1.) Before you start each night, think about the environment you’re creating for this experience ..read more

My family has a yearly tradition of reading a chapter a day of the book of Luke, leading up to Christmas. It has been such an enriching experience that helps center our holiday season on what is most important to us. If you’d like to join us in these readings, I’m providing questions to talk through with your kids to help spark conversations and meaningful engagement with what you read. I hope it’s helpful!  (Here is where you can find background information or to start this project at Chapter 1.) Before you start each night, think about the environment you’re creating for this experience ..read more

My family has a yearly tradition of reading a chapter a day of the book of Luke, leading up to Christmas. It has been such an enriching experience that helps center our holiday season on what is most important to us. If you’d like to join us in these readings, I’m providing questions to talk through with your kids to help spark conversations and meaningful engagement with what you read. I hope it’s helpful!  (Here is where you can find background information or to start this project at Chapter 1.) Before you start each night, think about the environment you’re creating for this experience ..read more

My family has a yearly tradition of reading a chapter a day of the book of Luke, leading up to Christmas. It has been such an enriching experience that helps center our holiday season on what is most important to us. If you’d like to join us in these readings, I’m providing questions to talk through with your kids to help spark conversations and meaningful engagement with what you read. I hope it’s helpful!  (Here is where you can find background information or to start this project at Chapter 1.) Before you start each night, think about the environment you’re creating for this experience ..read more