Yesterday I walked into the bathroom and noticed Meadow’s toothbrush standing proudly on it’s suctioned cup feet at the very edge of the counter top. Next to the toothbrush sat her toothpaste, appearing like two friends who had come together to enjoy a morning stroll (or more likely a sit in a park to watch […]
Every year I make a promise to myself (and to Chad). It goes something like this: Next year I am going to be more prepared. Next year, October will not beat me. Next year, I’ll do better. I will purchase birthday gifts in August, I will write birthday blogs in September, I will decide on […]
It’s hard to believe. So hard to believe. It’s been 10 years. Ten years since our lives changed. Ten years since our hearts were cracked wide open and a kind of love we never knew existed was born. Ten years since the world looked different–more beautiful and more scary all at the same time. It’s […]
Every year I do this. Every year, on this day, I come to this space and I shut out all the noise and remember. Every year on this day, I block out everything else and I allow my mind the room to think back on the remarkable memories of this day. I remember the dark […]
It’s true. I relapsed. It happens to the best of people, you know? You work hard, give it your best, you take two steps forward. . . and then three steps back. It was over two years ago when I wrote this post about my addiction to cookbooks. Cookbooks were everywhere and something had to […]