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
Last weekend was my first real trip since 2019. I packed a suitcase, held the mail, flew in an airplane, and stayed in a hotel. In March 2020, my youngest daughter met two friends online through a mutual friend here, the same month our country was shut down due to COVID. She has communicated with these… Continue reading Walking Through The Door
The word sacred has been on my radar a lot in recent weeks. One day in June, I read the word in a daily affirmation passage from a book I love. "With the best of intentions, we often build false careers of studying the river without ever getting wet. In this way, we can ponder… Continue reading Sacred Space
Last month, I mentioned that I wanted to go on more adult field trips. Elizabeth wrote a few months ago about friends who came to visit her husband and her in Arizona. The friends had essentially planned some places to visit while they were in the area. The view from our hotel. It made me… Continue reading Adult Field Trip- Third Ward Neighborhood Milwaukee, Wisconsin
A few years ago, Anna and I began discussing the idea of a girls' trip after she graduated from high school. Over the last two years, those conversations turned into action, especially since her request to vacation alone with me felt significant. Plus, we had free airfare thanks to my husband's airline miles, making the… Continue reading California
I mentioned in part one the traffic hell we experienced on the road to Destin. Just after the Alabama rooster incident, Ella got car sick and had “sick” all over her clothes. Thank God she had layers on (us Midwesterners, always prepared), so we literally stripped her down in an abandoned parking lot, threw out… Continue reading Smothered, Covered, Chopped-Destin 2018 Pt. 2
A Grace Full Life 