July 30, 2016 The mystery behind being big and brave is to do something big and brave. I wanted to start this new life adventure off by...

July 28, 2016 I can’t believe I’m saying it, but I’m bored. Bored and mysteriously overjoyed about it. Bored and blessed. The kids and I...

July 27, 2016 Moving Day. Moving out of the house we had lived in and loved for eleven years was a long, tiring, emotional ride,...

July 24, 2016 Our last Sunday at our Church home, Abby was baptized. It was the perfect, beautiful end to what had been an amazing...

July 21, 2016 (6 days until we move out) Abby’s sickness returned, with a vengeance. I took her to the doctor. She has bronchitis, maybe...

July 20, 2016 “I feel like the house is going to fall down as soon as we walk into it,” I said in one of my many low moments. How we'd...

July 19, 2016 Sandwiched in between the chaos on the home front was Ethan’s college orientation at Virginia Tech. We arrived at the hotel...

July 14/15, 2016 While packing up old books, I found a letter my grandmother, Sugar, wrote to my mom in April 1975. I was four months...

July 2, 2016 Back home. Back together. After some back and forth, the owners of the yellow colonial have accepted our offer. We’re...

July 1, 2016 Within walking distance of the yellow colonial we put an offer on is a park. It’s lush with extremely tall pines and...