Family, Favorite Things, Grief, Life, Music

100 songs i love

in 2023, i read a post from chris about andrew neyer's challenge to make a playlist of 100 all-time favorite songs. it’s such a great idea — creating a playlist of your all-time favorite songs. i started compiling my own soon after reading about the project and assumed it would be easy. it wasn’t. choosing… Continue reading 100 songs i love

Humor, Life, Things I Want to Remember

things i want to remember – part 32

if you’re here for the first time, welcome! you’ll be able to find the other parts of this series here. 1- i wear slippers indoors all summer because i just don’t like the way the floor feels on my bare feet. 2- recently, my dental hygienist talked about her baby son at his mommy-and-me class and… Continue reading things i want to remember – part 32

Humor, Life, Writing

what life’s taught me (so far) – 55 for 55

last year, i reflected on how choosing “perspective” as my word of the year ended up shaping so much of how i moved through daily life. this year, the learning didn’t slow down—it just shifted, deepened, and in some ways, softened. i kept adding to the notes app where i’ve been collecting lessons since turning… Continue reading what life’s taught me (so far) – 55 for 55

Childhood, Family, Friends, Life

the gift of remembering

a while back, one of my blogging friends shared this on her blog: Source how does that make you feel? the part about being forgotten? it made me deeply sad when i read it for the first time. but even if we’ll all eventually be forgotten, there’s something comforting about knowing we can still be remembered… Continue reading the gift of remembering