I’m back! It was a long trip, coast to coast, with all the usual pains of travel, mixed with joys of seeing family, some of them after far too long apart. Pains of travel? I was scheduled to arrive last night at about 10:30 my time, which would have had us home and relaxing before … Continue reading
Tag Archives: family
on the Road
No internet at our hotel… Will try to do a post later, hadn’t planned on being out of pocket this long! Continue reading
Focus
Sometimes when the going gets tough, it helps to remember why I’m doing this, and for whom. It’s not for me, it’s about them. Continue reading
On the Road Again
I head for home about noon. I’m torn… I miss the kids, although they seem to be doing well here. This has never been an easy thing to do, and telling all of us it’s only two more years isn’t easy, either. But we have skype and phone and emails… and I’m not going to … Continue reading
Beautiful Things
I’ve been around. From Sea to Shining Sea, from the plains to the Rocky Mountains, to the northern muskegs. It’s fitting, today of all days, to remember just how big our country is. If you’ve lived all your life in just one place (and there are few of us in these wealthy, priviliged days who … Continue reading
Back from Vacation
I was gone a whole week, did you miss me? I didn’t even pull my laptop out to work on all week, I was busy spending time with my kids, my aunt who was visiting from Wyoming, Dad, sister, and sundry friends and family. Add to that the stresses of being home-but-not-home, and seeing the … Continue reading
Snow Angel
Snow Angel Sarah was standing at the sink with her hands in hot soapy dishwater when her son came in the sliding glass door in a small swirl of frosty air and rapidly melting snow. She turned around to see him bouncing up and down on the mat. He knew he wasn’t allowed to bring … Continue reading