This morning I was out running errands with Sky and Micah when we ran into an older mom-friend. She was in the middle of a busy work day. “What are you all up to?” she asked. “We’re heading to the park,” I told her. “Oh I miss those days!” she said. I wasn’t really looking forward to an hour at… Read more →
A Helper
Today would have been my parents’ 42nd wedding anniversary, except God took my dad to heaven two years ago. But this post is not about death. It’s about love and the best piece of marriage advice I’ve ever heard, which came from my mom as she and my dad faced the biggest challenge of their lives—my father’s terminal cancer. By… Read more →
Note to Self
This week’s post is a note to myself. Feel free to read along. Dear Linnea, You always say Thanksgiving is your favorite holiday. And that’s partly because you love turkey with gravy and pumpkin pie and the way everyone sits around all afternoon drinking ridiculous amounts of coffee and talking. It’s also because you have fond childhood memories of Thanksgiving… Read more →