So 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...
Read MoreI 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...
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