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Just a little over a year ago, I recall writing a piece about how home is what you make it. Home is the people you surround yourself with. Home is the space you create with the things you love. Home is a mindset. A year ago, we were on a big journey to Tampa. New […]

I wonder what it’s like. No more pain, no more questions. No more anxiety, guilt, punishment, fear. The weight of heavy burdens on your shoulders suddenly disappeared. Your final breath on earth and then… I wonder what it’s like. Is the air smooth as butter? No more ragged breaths that feel like glass. Free to […]

Just shy of three months into mine and Jeff’s married life in Minot, we welcomed the tiniest little ball of black and brown fur to our family. We decided on the name “Kira” from The Lion King 2. Kira was a German Shepherd mix who, as she grew, always kept her puppy look because of […]

I write because I want to pause. I want to remember this moment. To feel it, smell it, hear it, taste it, even. This moment of both my children asleep in the other room while my breast pump sounds rhythmically next to me, preparing my son’s next bottle. The warm breeze from this July day […]