last week the papé household walked through what felt like a battlefield. but these hardships that have flared up allowed for life-giving conversations with close friends, the kinds of friends you just want to celebrate for being so good to you! maybe with champagne and a really yummy cheeseboard complete with fig spread and marcona [...]

you know those emotional movie scenes where you wonder, “how on earth did they get her to cry like that?” the plotline progresses and the lover or child or dog dies along the way. the camera zooms for the close up and the actor sheds big, clear beautiful drops that might as well be falling [...]