Our sweet youngest daughter graduates high school at the end of this week. I can’t believe I’m writing that, because sometimes it feels like Anna just graduated. And yet, somehow, it doesn’t.There are eight years between Anna’s graduation and Ella’s. Only eight years. For some reason, that comforts me a little, because those years feel… Continue reading Eight Years
As part of her English final, Ella needed to do a project on vignettes that reflected her life, similar to the book they had just finished reading. She asked for my help, which always makes me so happy. I got to sit next to my youngest daughter and write one rainy April afternoon. That felt… Continue reading A Car Ride in Destin
in 2019, i found a journal at target called 2,000 things about me. i love things like this—books full of lists, all about me and what i love. narcissistic? maybe. but honestly, it’s more about the writing than the self-delving. in 2020, after doing some soul homework with my new self, i decided to revisit… Continue reading the many versions of me
i began writing this series in may 2022, not intending to make it a tradition. but it stayed—and so did you. thank you for showing up each month. i ordered a card for anna off etsy, and it came all the way from the uk. 💙 we borrowed my dad's old recliner for mike while he… Continue reading what i kept – february 2026
i'm so sick of the insides of hospitals. if i never see another one again, i'd be fine with that. no matter how skilled or kind the people are, the aesthetic is very much lacking. do not love liminal spaces. adding that to my next list. although the first night mike was in the icu,… Continue reading holding the ordinary
i began writing this series in may 2022, not intending to make it a tradition. but it stayed—and so did you. thank you for showing up each month. lots to talk about today... in a time that feels heavy and uncertain, my oldest daughter is doing something brave in a very quiet way. she’s following a… Continue reading what i kept – january 2026
A Grace Full Life 