A few weeks ago, this blog passed the five-year mark. It happened quietly, without the slightest bit of fanfare. But it’s still a significant milestone, at least to me.
Blogging best practices mostly overwhelm me, but the one piece of advice I have always tried to heed is to be consistent. Which means that, over the last 60 months, a post has shown up in this space almost every week.
“It’s not the load that breaks you down, it’s the way you carry it.” I first read these words several months ago. I don’t remember where, exactly. I think it may have been on Instagram, possibly on a motivational sign or some such.
The week before my mom died, my sister and I met with the medical staff at her nursing home for what they call an “Advance Care Plan Meeting.” I don’t know all the jargon associated with long-term care, but based on my limited experience, this is a nice way of …
When my dad died in late May, planning the funeral proved to be quite a logistical challenge. Given the time of year, it was a bit tricky to find a date when both the church and the pastors who would lead the service were available at the same time. Beyond …
I don’t know about you, but I’d never intentionally drop a blender jar full of smoothie ingredients on the kitchen floor or purposefully let a glass baking dish slip out of my hands and shatter all over the place. At my house, we call these messy scenarios accidents. There’s no …
My girls have been back to school for almost two weeks now, and I’ve spent much of that time getting caught up, organized and settled—mentally as well as physically. The work is ongoing—when you’ve been shoving stuff in cabinets and running off to the next thing for months, it takes …