This white and yellow linen button down is such a perfect top to style for spring! Wear casually with raw hem jeans and sandals. Dress up with white denim and wedges. Pair the white and yellow linen button down with cut off jeans on a warm day with slides and you’re good to go!
I found that as the day progressed the top loosened up which made me even more glad that I sized down one to an xs. I’m typically a size small. But, with the brand Universal Thread I tend to size down one size.
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This top is currently 20% off! Along with all women’s clothing at Target. Perfect time to snag some spring and summer wardrobe refresh items.
Life update on our move from GA to WA:
Happy Tuesday ladies! I hope this first week of May is treating you well and if it’s not I hope you take the time to do something that fuels your soul. Whether it’s a walk outside, meditation, a good book, bubble bath, or therapy appointment. Make sure to show up for you! You deserve it.
I haven’t shared a life update in a while and feel it’s important to be vulnerable and transparent as I share my life on social media. Life is not all rainbows and sunshine. We all know this. Still, it can be hard to reconcile this when we have a million curated images and videos in our face on the daily.
With that I wanted to talk about our transition from Dacula, GA. to Pullman, WA. It’s been pretty dang smooth. It was a surprise for Nick to be offered the job at WSU. We hadn’t planned on leaving the Falcons. But, it was a great opportunity and in our home state!
We spent almost three months living separately as Nick started his new job and we finished wrapping things up in Georgia. This part of the transition was tough. There were moments I was great; too busy to worry about living lives apart. Mostly during the week. Monday through Friday was pretty “easy”. I had work all day and then we had sports most evenings. But, the weekends were tough! I found myself feeling so much angst. Felt like our lives were on hold with nothing to do but be sitting ducks.
There were several weeks of this and then suddenly it was under two weeks. Once we hit that mark the time flew by! Thank goodness! Getting to Pullman was a whirlwind. We slept at a hotel in Atlanta the night before. Kyrie got super sick that night. Then Kashmir woke up super sick as we headed to the airport. Thankfully, Nick’s best friend drove us to the airport at 5am. But, as we arrived I couldn’t find my license. I was a wreck! Scrummaging through our clothes trying to find m passport as a last resort. (only to find out that my ID was in my lulu bag all along!) I don’t know how I missed it! That tiny belt bag and my ID was sitting right there in the mesh pocket. I’d be willing to wager that a ghost took it and put it back after we got to Washington! haha!! I mean, what the heck!! As if the boys being sick and shuffling four giant suitcases through the airport wasn’t enough stress! lol.
We were so pumped to finally be together as a family. It feels nice to be in Washington near family and friends. I’m finally state neighbors with my best friend, amazing sister, awesome parents! All of it. We bought our first home! So many blessings.
Still, transition is hard. Even when it’s good. I miss my students in Georgia. I worked full time as a para in a special needs room with first, second, and third graders. I miss my coworkers. I miss the heat in Georgia and California! I miss how fun Atlanta was. There’s so much new joy here in Pullman. But, there’s also so many joys that were taken when we left Georgia.
Nick and I really loved it there. The diversity was beautiful! To see people that look like Nick and our boys in our very own neighborhood. Everywhere! For Kashmir and Kyrie to have a principal and many teachers who are Black was really special. Representation is important. So, important and moving to a small town means we lose that diversity. It makes me sad. It makes me worry for our boys. Tears cloud my vision when I think about my husband and our children feeling seen. Feeling understood.
It is so hard for someone to even fathom when you’ve never had to be the minority. When you never have to worry about what a kid will say to your child or how they will be treated based on the color of their skin.
We have had zero negativity thus far moving to Pullman. But, the lack of representation is on my mind. It is something I am praying about. While Georgia was really far away from our family and friends. It was really close in allowing Nick, Kashmir, and Kyrie to feel represented. Diversity matters. This conversation matters. Seeing color and honoring all colors matters.
It’s most certainly NOT about saying “I don’t see color. We’re all the same.” It’s about saying, “We’re all the same in our humanity. We are all loved by Jesus and our difference in color is beautiful! We’re all loved and beautiful.”
As I wrote this post I had zero idea of where it was going to lead me. There wasn’t a clear message or story I felt the desire to share. Yet, the message flowed so easily once I started typing. It’s amazing what our minds are holding onto subconsciously. This is the first time I’ve truly reflected on our move.
I pray that you take time this week to reflect. Let the pen or keyboard flow with thoughts. Just start. You may feel silly. May feel like you have nothing to say. But, it’s truly cathartic. A great way to decompress; like a personal therapy session.
If you do decide to give it a go I’d love to know how it went! You can leave a comment below with your thoughts on just letting the pen flow with any random thoughts that pop into your head. Whether it’s good, bad, silly, a thought, an idea, whatever flows! I hope it’s therapeutic.
Happy Tuesday friends! May we show up with faith and gratitude regardless of the circumstances we face in the days to come.
Cheers!
Macca Rose
