Riddle Me This...

We had family photos taken. Aunt Marti and Uncle Brian were in town. We were in town. My granpda and dad came to town. Five generations, fol...

Each year the local hospital has a few fundraisers focused around the Christmas Holiday. One of those is a lunch time "tea" for ki...

Lexi: Mooooommmmm! Addie is touching the ornaments with her pacifier! Me {in high-pitched teaching voice}: Addie, we don't touch the o...

Emily is seven months old. And believe it or not, she is a dream baby. No, seriously. Throw her on the floor and give her something to gnaw ...

There are a lot of things about California that drive me bonkers. But, for me, this is home. And I do love bits and pieces of this place. Fo...

Emmy had her first finger food. An ooey, gooey, mushy banana. She kinda liked it. Of course, most of it ended up smashed on the fabric of th...

I scoured the internet daily. I looked in the local newspaper. I made my mother-in-law drive around town and take pictures of homes with sig...

There was a hestiant pause. "Um. Trace? We don't even know them." "I know! But it's them. It's totally them. ...

Now what do we do? Did we really just agree to move? When do we go? How long will we be gone? What are we going to do with our house? The ho...

The advance warning we had received about moving was still kicking around in the back of our minds. We felt we had been given a heads-up of ...

Time marched on. Allen flew to California at least every other week. He kept telling me he was trying to go as little as possible, but ever...

During the blessing, he counseled me to "be prepared to move." I know my eyes were as big as saucers.  I tried to downplay the i...

Our move has not gone without notice, I'm sure. I've cryptically mentioned it a bazillion times. What has been lacking is an explana...

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