Welcome to The Heart-Shaped Life

Well, hello there.

Welcome to my little corner of the internet.

I started The Heart-Shaped Life because somewhere along the way, I became fascinated with a pretty simple question:

What makes a life feel like your own?

I don’t think the answer is one big, dramatic thing. I think it’s found in a thousand little ones.

It’s the meal you make for people you love. A road you’ve never driven before. The jeans that make you feel fantastic. A conversation about God that leaves you thinking for three days. A really good book. A Saturday adventure. Getting stronger. Laughing until your stomach hurts. Setting a beautiful table for absolutely no reason.

And sometimes it’s having the courage to change something that simply doesn’t fit anymore.

So that’s what you’ll find here.

I’ll write about food and faith, family and fun, travel and adventure, books and writing, becoming stronger and healthier, and—because a girl cannot live by soul-searching alone—the occasional fashion post.

There will probably be recipes. There will definitely be road trips. There will be things I’m learning and things I’m still getting spectacularly wrong.

Mostly, I want this to be a place devoted to the wonderfully ordinary business of creating a life that fits the shape of your own heart.

So pour yourself a cup of tea, kick up your feet, and stay awhile.

I’m really glad you’re here.

Tassé