celebrating the journey. surviving the everyday.
Though we’re running a bit low on toilet paper (this could get interesting), we have shelves and shelves and shelves of dry goods, every kind of Italian-named noodle, frozen veggies, canned beans and chicken of the sea (which still reminds me Jessica Simpson. Every time.). I’ve rustled up five of the most user-friendly and ingredient-short …
We’ve been very lucky these past few days to have Steve home with us a bit. As a trauma physician, he’s been involved with COVID-19 for our hospital system here in Boise, and will return tomorrow for a week of days’ planning meetings and nights of operating. I couldn’t imagine anything he’d rather do with …
I think we’re all fascinating. I believe, like HONY, that each human is magical, interesting and very important. It’s what makes life so colorful, isn’t it? That we bump into, fall in love with, and fight against people who are factually and unequivocally unrepeatable. It’s staggering, really. You’ve got to recognize, there will never be …
We have a handful of really great, but now super weird, expressions we use. I was raised on most of them, so they seem completely usual and normal and well, awesome, to me. But as soon as I married Steve and we (meaning me) started using them with our kids, I realized how odd they …
So, during our first day of this COVID-19 experience, we’ve finished two things: our big box of sidewalk chalk and the sweetest book, The Bronze Bow. Let me express something. Everyone needs both of these items. They make life and families and people and driveways better. We’ve read The Bronze Bow by Elizabeth George Speare …
Years ago, a dear friend gave Ellie this precious book my one of my favorite authors, Robert Munsch. It’s called The Paper Bag Princess. It tells the story of a sweet girl (named Elizabeth, conveniently) who realizes her worth and value, while realizing the lack thereof in ol’ Prince Ronald. For anyone raising a daughter, …
There are a lot of things about Mister Rogers I love. There are a lot of memories of my brother and me watching his show and reveling in his sweet characters: Mr. McFeely “the Speedy Delivery Man,” Queen Sara Saturday, Prince Tuesday and Donkey Hodie, among many. His show was not a “kiddie show,” as …