by Kate | Jul 28, 2025 | Family, Summer
My garden is a ragamuffin group this year. When Riley came home for a visit this spring, he helped me plan the raised beds and he suggested making homemake pickles. I yelled “brilliant!” and we piled in the van to the local tractor supply for seeds. While...
by Kate | Jul 21, 2025 | Family
How are you?! No really. Summer has a tendency to bring out the extremes – hungry, tired, hot, impatient… If I’m not careful, I can be swept from one emotion to another and live the day in a constant state of damage control. The schedule has helped...
by Kate | Jun 18, 2025 | Family
A few weeks ago I was having lunch with a dear friend. We were talking about summer and she shared that she had created a daily schedule. “This is brilliant!”, I thought and lamented that I wasn’t more organized. I asked her if she would be open to...
by Kate | Jun 15, 2025 | Adoption, Family
*Riley has given me permission to share part of his testimony.* Sometimes the most beautiful stories begin at the end. I sat in a church service in Montana last Sunday. Just a few minutes earlier, I had surprised Riley in person to tell him that he had graduated from...
by Kate | May 27, 2025 | Family
Our creative, sweet, spunky, empathetic Mary Alice turned 10 in April. In true Mary Alice style, she chose a birthday party at a park and wanted everyone invited. Yes, the entire 4th grade class. We had cupcakes and water and played two loud and glorious hours at one...
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