Category: Family

A New Blessing

I’m an auntie again! Last Friday my youngest sister Birgitta finally had her baby girl after a very long labor. Since my sister lives in Michigan and I live in Florida, I haven’t held my new little niece yet. But the texts were flying back and forth all weekend and it’s been great to see the pictures and know that… Read more →

Shorewood Oct '09

Homesickness

Our Florida weather’s been beautiful lately. Blue skies and temperatures in the eighties. But the northerner in me is disoriented. I look at the calendar and it says October. We had fun at the beach last weekend, but shouldn’t we be picking apples with our jackets on, drinking hot cider by the fire? Fall, my favorite season, is when I… Read more →

True Women

A few months ago my mom asked me if I’d be interested in flying to Indianapolis for the True Woman Conference. “Do you think Adam would be up for daddy-time with the kids? I’m taking the girls and I’ll buy your plane ticket if you want to come with us,” she said. A whole weekend with my mom and sisters,… Read more →