Chocolate cake and lights was all I had to go on for Cody’s third birthday party. I knew I had hit the target when he woke up to find lights strung throughout the living and dining room and his eyes followed the colorful strings of lights to a big chocolate cake in the center of…
“I like you in your underpants…” I say with a giggle to Cody who has entered my room with exuberance wearing only his new underpants. He giggles at my compliment, receiving exactly what he was hoping for. “I love you too,” he says as he runs down the hallway laughing wildly and running with his…
We heard it. The distinct sounds of someone breaking into the house. Our ears perked. Our hearts started to race with adrenaline. “Fight or flight?” We gave each other the look, “Fight. Defend.” I slowly put my laptop down and crept down the hallway with my loyal dog beside me. We followed the sounds through…
Day 5 – Sitka Click to View Sitka Map I felt like I was playing a horrible game of Bingo hoping and praying for number 17 to be called. There was no consistent pattern of time between the numbers being called and no apparent groupings: “Now calling numbers 2, 3, 4.” Time passed. We sat…
May was a whirlwind month with a work event I was tasked with. We also traveled to the Brushy Mountains of NC for a family reunion on my Dad’s side. You might remember when Ryder and I went last fall for apple picking. Speaking of Ryder, in addition to his birthday excursion to California in…