oliver.

"He who leaps for the sky may fall, it's true. 

But he may also fly." 

- Lauren Oliver 

grace.

"Starting is humbling. 

Re-starting is even more so. 

But grace. 

Grace spurs us to try with full knowledge that we'll screw up. 

Grace catches us when we inevitably don't do things perfect.

But grace lets us try.  

Trying is hard and starting is humbling, but what's the alternative? 

Never growing or going? 

That doesn't sound like worship to me. 

Let's slap a smile on our faces and try, with the knowledge that we'll have to try again. 

It's all grace." 

- Jess Connolly

B&W.

These ladies. 

When I was a little girl, I remember my parents getting all dressed up to attend the Black and White Ball in downtown San Francisco. 

My mother appeared in the kitchen (where my brothers and I sat at our high counter munching away on supper) in a floor length gown similar to Blake Lively's above. Whenever I hear the words "black and white" that image of her immediately pops into my head. 

Sometimes, people do get a chance to attend a fancy Cinderella-esque ball. 

Just a thought. Happy Monday friends. 

B&W.

Rain, coffee, Lana Del Rey. Perfect Sunday afternoon. 

bonne.

Bonne nuit my friends.