I went for a beautiful hike yesterday at Phillips Lake. Much like my summer of 2015, this one will be, in part, spent preparing for a long hike. We’re doing a group […]
My 4-legged best bud
Gardening can be ridiculously sad
I am thinking about a planting a garden this Spring. That statement should not require a blog post or need any introspection on my part. It should be simple – buy some […]
Brave
I have been a self-proclaimed wimp all my life. I have taken the comfortable, easy path. Change is scary. At work, we were told how resiliency is great and were assigned “Who […]
I choose happiness….
Today is the 3-1/2 year anniversary of Mike’s death. 42 29ths without him. 42 months of some shitty, hard, hard, hard decisions. During that time, we had to put our 14 year-old […]
Three years….
Maybe it’s a July 20 thing because based on Facebook, I apparently had a similar feeling last year on this date. Or maybe it’s that July, previously my favorite month of the […]
Meatloaf
Freaking meatloaf. Who’d have thought that would practically send me over the edge? I didn’t know I liked meatloaf that much, or at least was this emotional about it. The other day, […]
31 29ths
Today marks 31 29ths we’ve survived without MikeO. I wonder sometimes when I will stop knowing (without thinking about it) the exact months and days that have passed since 7/29/13 – the […]
One Crazy Awesome Trip
We have lived large so far this summer. We took the most amazing tribute trip to Alaska. 5 weeks, 6 people, 1 motorhome. We accomplished all of our goals and had an […]
Traveling
Traveling is hard. It am acutely aware of the fact that no one (besides my mom) is anxiously awaiting word that I’ve made it safely. Or even moderately interested in hearing of […]
One dumb Jewel song ruined the day
Every once in a while, I am cruising along and things feel pretty good. I have a little bit of sadness, some pangs of painful memories, but mostly happy memories and thankful […]
GRIEF IS A DIRTY BIOTCH 