memories
31 Days of Celebrating Real Life [10/28/15]
One of my favorite Keith and Caleb memories includes bubble wrap of all kinds. Any time we got a package with bubble wrap, they would lay it all out on the floor and go crazy. The problem was that Caleb didn’t weigh enough to actually pop anything, so Keith
31 Days of Celebrating Real Life [10/15/15]
I’m speaking next week on courage to a group of middle school students at my middle school alma mater. So much has happened in life since middle school, so I found my box of old photos
31 Days of Celebrating Real Life [10/10/15]
I went to a wedding tonight. It wasn’t my first wedding since Keith passed away, but there was something different about this one. It was the wedding of a high school friend I only recently reconnected with. Suddenly, in the midst of this beautiful wedding dinner, I realized that 11 years ago,
Four Months Later
Today is four months since Keith passed away. It feels like it could be years. And yet, I still have regular flashbacks that make it feel like he’s still here and still sick. As much as I miss him and find myself in disbelief that I’m having to parent alone, without my teammate, I am…
A Really Good Day
It’s not often in the throes of grief or newborn land that you get a really good day. Especially not after a week of stomach bugs and never ending snow. Today was a good day. I got myself and the kiddos dressed at in the car with enough time to only be 5-10 minutes late…
31 Days of Real Life: Day Eighteen
[I love making pepperoni and eggs for breakfast because it gives me all the fuzzy memories of weekend mornings with dad.] [Got to see Molly and her team. What a treat!] liking with The Nester