Traditions. Some I can maintain. Others I cannot. Early on I described letting go of the annual cutting of our Christmas tree. I attempted it that first year after losing Adam and it was just too much.
Read MoreWhat makes us think we know where we are going and when? Is it because we are the schedulers? The ones who sign everyone up. Put things on the calendar. Figure out the logistics. Or maybe it is easier when you have a vague notion of the path you should be on. Graduate high school.
Read MoreGod puts people in your life long before you know you’ll need them. Our last season of hockey as a family of five brought new and closer friendships. One man was a delight to get to know and Adam and I enjoyed talking to him. He was wheelchair bound, which isn’t easy in a northern climate. Snow, ice, dicey roads and tons of travel for hockey, but...
Read MoreI recently shared about fun times at Victual in the small town of Crosby, Minnesota. It wasn’t my first time there. I took my kids for our first Memorial Day weekend trip in 2022 as a family of four. We survived the first anniversary of my husband’s sudden death and then I packed up my kids and headed to Crosby, determined to enjoy the long...
Read MoreHockey has taken me to Crosby, Minnesota three times this season. It holds a special place in my heart. It was the first solo trip I took the kids on by myself over Memorial Day the year after Adam died. I’ll tell you about that trip later. Today, I’m talking Victual. The smallest liquor store in
Read MoreWhat dreams are you pursuing in 2024? I’m making a list. I’ve always been a resolution girl. Love to chart out a course for the coming year full of adventure and accomplishment.
Read MoreSo much to get done, to attend, to pick up, to run by, to see and to do. There are days it is all too much. Single-parenting at Christmas is a never-ending hamster wheel where falling off comes with the pressure that you’re ruining the magic of a beautiful season for the little people in your
Read MoreI’ve talked before about changing up traditions. It’s hard to try to keep doing things the way we did before. It’s hard to make new traditions and not feel like you’re failing by letting some go. Here’s what I can say about Thanksgiving 2023. We made a ton of lefse at our house like we always
Read MoreIt’s taken a few days to come down from the crazy busy levels we’ve been running at and let it all sink in, but I can safely say that the inaugural Lt. Adam Gustafson Memorial Golf Tournament was a huge success. What this amazing team accomplished on Monday, September 25, 2023, in Adam’s memory was nothing short of incredible and a mountain of...
Read MoreI was never an audio book person until my husband died. I spent hours outside walking, riding bike, running, and hours in the car driving kids to practice, waiting for pickup, killing time before the start of a game. I found that idle time was best spent walking and listening to something and I’ve burned through many wonderful audio books as a...
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