04/15/2026
Literally crying my eyes out. My husband got my desk back after I got a little too zealous about changing everything & gave it away almost a year ago.
A dear friend gave it to me when I was just starting my … well… everything… new business, new life, new home...
I thought I wanted something modern so I gave it away.
Ugh, the regret was real. The sentiment a bit annoying. “It’s just a THING. Get another one!! “ That’s what I tried to tell myself. But I sat crying one night because I felt like I’d lost something that just really mattered to me.
So my husband went hunting through texts and messages and begged the family who had come to get it to give it back.
The funny thing is that their little girl loved it but when she found out how much I missed it she wanted to give it back to me.
So, here she is. Like an old friend coming home. She’s got stickers, nail polish and the sweetest heart drawn on the bottom and I’ve never loved it or my husband more.
There is a great lesson that I’m learning… that a perfect home is one that’s full of imperfections- the humanness of a life well lived where the cushions are squished and the books are a bit askew, there’s warm cookies on a plate and flowers from the garden and pictures frames of the kids everywhere. That’s a home I can’t wait to wake up to… and a life worth sharing, too!
I hope in my own little way I encourage you on your journey to creating your little corner of the globe, to be open to trying things, but also to keeping things that really matter. And not everything that is lost is always gone for good, so if there’s something you need to fix, mend, bring back, or even move on from… do it. There’s a home and a life waiting for you on the other side!
Sending hugs and a kiss for each cheek. Your ridiculously sentimental friend, V
