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I'm Rebekah, a former copy editor who decided to give my red pen a rest and do a bit of writing from the desk in my sunny kitchen instead. Here you'll find honest stories of mothering daughters, making peace with imperfection, and embracing grace. My hobbies change on a weekly basis but have most recently included photography, cross-stitch, knitting, and raising monarch butterflies. You can also find me at The Drafting Desk, a monthly newsletter offering soulful encouragement for recovering perfectionists, and as a contributing writer for Kindred Mom and The Joyful Life.

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Don’t be fooled, I’m not that mom—I made the cookies because I wanted to eat the cookies. (Marry Me Chocolate Chip Cookie recipe from @dessertfortwo. I just made them mini! 🍪♥️)
My first two reads this year were All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr and The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah. (If these are on your list, *maybe* don’t read them back-to-back.) I loved them both, but they put me in a classic Rebekah-reading-fog that’s been hard to shake. And trying to explain WWII and the Holocaust to a wide-eyed 10-year-old who always wants to hear what my books are about... it’s just hard. Today I serendipitously unearthed my old copy of Number the Stars in the garage and offered it to her, fully expecting her to set it aside without cracking it open. (She never wants to read what I suggest—please tell me others have this problem?! Child! I have good taste!) Anyway, found her like this. ♥️ #raisingreaders #whatshouldireadnext #amreading #rebekahreads2019
I love that it’s January, but fall colors are everywhere. Florida, I get it. I’m a slow processor too.
Over the weekend I started and finished (because I could not stop; sorry kids, you’ll have to feed yourselves) my first book of 2019—The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah. Photo taken before the uncontrollable weeping, obviously. #rebekahreads2019 #bookstagram #whatimreading

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