2016-06-21 21:32
My feet followed the brass fish a that trail along the terminal to the gates. My children were scattered in front of me. Bright backpacks and braids bobbing along toward B14. Jax’s tea… Read More
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moving for the 23rd time. chasing four kids. living with and loving autism. gathering duck eggs. milking nubian goats. breathing with asthma. writing my book. loving the drama of our small world.
2016-06-21 06:44
Saffron died in my arms tonight. Only 20 minutes earlier she was leaping through the fence wires with Chris Evans and trying to follow me into the garage. I pushed her back with my foot and… Read More
2015-12-08 04:02
I've taken all the photos, but failed to write the words. My brain is so empty at the end of the day. All I see is images. I feel the weight of the unwritten and it gets heavier every day. U… Read More
2015-10-04 04:28
This week has been a roller coaster. I'm sitting here waiting for the ferry. I've been across the country and back in only a week. 4 days in Michigan and 3 in New York. I stayed in Lans… Read More
2015-09-08 04:48
I can't stop thinking about the those 5 days. Beauty, chaos, and creation all running into the waves. I sat and watched my children and soaked up every minute. The beaches of Olympic Nationa… Read More
2015-07-24 04:24
Inside, each step was sharp, by the time we reached the gate my heart was wounded and weeping. Outside, I watched my children laugh and bicker and look at the planes. Throngs of weary travel… Read More
2015-06-06 06:27
Today I worked, wearing a mumu my grandmother gave me. It used to be hers. My day was boring and beautiful. I listened to footsteps on the stairs, dogs barking, and children laughing. I clic… Read More
2015-06-05 03:42
Life changed. Again. One day I'm starting a non-profit therapy farm that I want to work on the rest of my life, and then next day I'm working full-time for a big company, flying here and the… Read More
2015-05-12 04:39
I have to stop. Put aside my exhaustion, my to-do list, and my desire to let my mind wander among digital merchandise I will probably never buy.Mother's Day. It was the most perfect, imperfe… Read More
2015-04-15 04:52
Ivy's been begging me for months. I finally relented. As of today she is officially taking riding lessons. She curried and combed. A sweet white pony named Georgia stood still and quiet. I w… Read More
2015-04-03 05:39
When I was a teenager I was surrounded by family history. Stories were told at holidays, birthdays, and Sunday dinners. Being Mormon in Utah, it was common to have 3 or more generation… Read More
2015-03-17 09:38
I learned how to manually command our Minecraft server. Then for about three hours I spontaneously bestowed cake, golden swords, and other valuables upon the guests at Wyatt's birthday party… Read More
2015-03-17 09:12
This year is a little different.Instead of hosting a dozen little girls in princess dresses, we treated ourselves like royalty.Ivy and her best friend (and two lucky mommies) spent the weeke… Read More
2014-12-31 07:20
Christmas morning found us in the living room listening to the amature stylings of Jax on the drums. I have dozens of video clips, but here's a few photos so I don't feel completely delinque… Read More
2014-10-09 17:16
Half an hour in. I was zoned out. Answering email and making an attempt at being productive. We'd decided to attempt a solo climb into the dentist chair. No mom perched sideways on the… Read More
2014-10-05 05:25
Today.I needed chocolate today.Not just a little bit, or even a lot, I needed an entire convention center filled with chocolate.The Northwest Chocolate Festival.This was the day after. Or ev… Read More
2014-10-05 05:22
I woke up unable to breathe. I wasn't nervous yet. No. The gift of an upper respiratory infection had been bestowed upon me by my son or my God or my immune system deciding to take the day o… Read More
2014-09-24 03:47
Last Tuesday I at Google and listening to the founder of contextual design (it's a UX thing). I still have my name printed on a Google name tag sitting on my bathroom counter. As I rode home… Read More
2014-09-16 19:15
I'm catching up with my memories. I had to share this one. He turned 9 the day before the Seahawks won the Super Bowl. Due to the game he ended up with a family party and a friend… Read More
2014-09-16 05:06
They make me feel safe. Maybe it was the countless hours my sister and I spent in the woods of upstate New York. I think my imagination grew there on on a diet of fairies and fantasy until i… Read More
2014-09-15 04:09
Once again the maaaaaa of goats can be heard in my back yard. I'm exhausted so this is going to be short.For the last two weeks we've been getting ready. We build a goat house. We put up a f… Read More
2014-09-11 18:53
It's today. It was today. A flood of crystal clear memory has engulfed my senses from within, I'm back in 2001.Two days ago I was telling the kids stories and it didn't register that the ann… Read More
2014-09-10 05:36
School began with a round of exhaustion tears and trepidation. Mostly me, but a little from my boy who's eyes match his vivid blue hair. The night before the first day I sat on my yello… Read More
2014-08-15 22:40
The string of summer activities has tied me in knots. I drive around and around this tree topped island and somehow manage to go from sunrise to sunset without getting enough done. Stil… Read More
2014-08-10 19:25
To Noel I love you… unconditionally and from the depths of my soul. I never imagined that someone like you existed in this world. From the first few times we spoke I knew th… Read More
2014-08-08 02:25
I just spent 30 minutes writing a wonderfully ego-centric and whiny post with my thumbs while lying in a beach listening to the music of children's laughter. Then this shiny bit of technolog… Read More
2014-08-07 07:15
Wyatt used to love to climb trees. He was only 2 when he Houdinied himself out the triple locked door to try and shimmy up the gnarled plum tree in the back yard.Legos and LCD screens have s… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
I didn't think I'd like any campus as much as I loved Virginia Tech. Until today. The magic of old trees, new blossoms, and original thought whisked me away to another world tonight. Th… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
She can't wait to get the blue headband off. The doctor said 3 days and no amount of pouty pleading is going to change that. I have high hopes that this will be the last time Ivy's ears take… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
Large Machines + Large Donuts = Spring Break Day #2 Sierra snuggled Ivy and I took the boys out so Ivy could rest and Noel could get some work done.We talked of war and peace. Good… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
They said there were no ticks on Bainbridge.'They' were wrong. This tiny plague ridden pest attached itself to Wyatt's eyelid. Nested between his oh so long eyelashes. 1 in a million th… Read More
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