I idolized my sister’s hair. Honestly, I idolized everything about my older sister. But her long blond hair, like spun gold, was an object of pure envy. Even as a four-year-old, I knew it was special. Next to my own brunette pixie, it was to me the holy grail. One warm fall afternoon, my sister … [Read more...] about The Rope
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5(ish) Reasons My Blog Is Different
I am a girl who loves a good list. Long before Erin Condrin, Daytimers, The Bullet Journal, and Trello, before agenda planners were even a thing, I made my own out of a ten-cent spiral notebook. It dictated my day, and my life. It always sat on top of my junior high book pile, the crowning jewel … [Read more...] about 5(ish) Reasons My Blog Is Different
Upcycled
In grad school, my husband and I rented a duplex near campus that had some interesting carpet. It had a motif of a flaming B in a repeated diamond pattern. The rent fit our budget, and not that into decorating at the time, we didn’t think too much about it. A few weeks into a year lease, we … [Read more...] about Upcycled
For Ultimate Good
My dad is a fearless guy. And the most resilient person I know. But he’s also the most intelligent human being I’ve ever met. Sorry, grad school professors and transplant surgeons. He’s got you whipped. With such good genes, I thought by this age, I’d surely know everything. But the older I … [Read more...] about For Ultimate Good
Three Good Years
In the waiting room of my doctor’s office recently, I saw a woman reading a bible who looked familiar to me, but I couldn’t place her. Then her husband came out to meet her, and I remembered right away. He had been in cardiac rehab with me nearly three years ago. He was the class ambassador, the … [Read more...] about Three Good Years
Already There
Decades ago, my older, now-engineer brother constructed a complete, intricate N-scale model train. It was more than a train. It was an entire city. My brother and dad worked on that plywood platform, the size of a banquet table that resided in our unfinished basement, all the years I was growing … [Read more...] about Already There