I was off traveling the world for nearly two weeks. It was busy and exciting. So much to see and do. Not a relaxing vacation, but an adventure. When I finally arrived home and walked into my quiet house,
Read MoreI made it out for a solitary hike after all. I’m so glad I did. Getting away in the quiet of nature is good for the soul. Didn’t pass another person the whole time.
Read MoreMay is here again. I could feel it approaching. The dreaded day. An anniversary I never wanted. A day I don’t want to commemorate. The day my husband died and the world as I knew it shattered.
Read MoreMinnesota lost another law enforcement officer. It is painful to hear. That courageous man died on his birthday, though no day is a better day to die than others. I can feel the chaos and confusion of that day for me.
Read More2020 turned out to be Adam’s last full year of life. We traveled more than usual that year and had Hawaii on our radar. We would be celebrating our 15th wedding anniversary that year and we’d both turn 40. It seemed like the perfect time. Enter COVID and our Hawaii dreams came to an end. No sense flying all that way when so many things were...
Read MoreThe slog of winter, bad weather, and more things on your plate than can be accomplished can keep a day feeling gray. I’ve been trying to train myself to notice the sparkle in each day. At least one thing that brings a little glimmer of hope, of fun, of joy. On Saturday, we had 3 hockey games on the calendar and I wasn’t looking forward to...
Read MoreWhen you lose your spouse, the person you built your entire life and family with, everything is hard. But oh, the holidays. They are their own special kind of hard. Fall kicks off a difficult lineup of event after event. So many traditions and memories. So much work keeping it all
Read MoreI’m learning to say yes. To opportunities that come up. To things that scare me. Atomic Habits author James Clear recently posted: “Lucky opportunities tend to be stumbled upon, not handed out.
Read MoreIt has been hard to find joy in anything since Adam died. These last many months have been something I’ve had to walk through. There is no shortcut. No way around the days and hours and minutes that I now live on without Adam. I was given this sign by a dear friend - “Live every day until you are alive
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