In the back of my mind, as I navigate the waters of grief and the immense amount of things this calendar year has held, I've had the pressing reminder that I need to begin working on our holiday cards. The truth is that I really love writing out these cards to send to loved ones. [...]
When we moved into this little lakeside cottage those three years ago, we questioned how the padding feet, laughter, and voices of visiting loved ones would fit. We didn't know, as we unpacked boxes and found creative ways to make this space our own, that those were questions we wouldn't have to worry about. With [...]
This morning I sat in my yard crying, out in the rain. Several weeks before this weeping crumble, my husband and I returned from vacation to learn one of the stray cats who hangs out near our yard had given birth to two kittens. By this point, the kittens, though adorably dependent on their mama [...]
these days find me in Michigan, suspended in time. Michigan has always been funny to me because, at least in the small, suburban town we lived in, change and growth happen but also they don't. So much of it lives frozen. Back in Idaho (my real home) growth plays out like explosions of development, extravagant [...]
I did some dumb stuff as a kid. Now, looking back with the wisdom of a full-grown human, I'm sure that I was looking for attention of various kinds... I was really young, perhaps six or seven, when I–in a fit of anger over being locked in my bedroom–decided to stick a metal hairpin into [...]
Rainy Day in May... 