Category: Personal Thoughts
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🌳 Love, Laughter, and a Mountain of Mulch: Our ChipDrop Anniversary Adventure
There are many ways to test a marriage. Ours involved 20 cubic yards of woodchips. Some couples celebrate their anniversary with candlelight dinners. We celebrated ours over a weekend with shovels, sweat, and a surprise mountain of woodchips. It started, as most of our adventures do, with me clicking something online and saying, “What’s the…
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70 Years of Edie
Happy Birthday, Mom! Today, my mom, Edie Wood, celebrates the 50th anniversary of her 20th birthday. She grew up in a world of homemade costumes and living room productions—her mother would sew creations for her and her siblings, and they’d bring characters to life right there at home. That spark of theater and imagination became…
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How to Winter by Kari Leibowitz: A Book Review
Some books find you at exactly the right time, and How to Winter by Kari Leibowitz was one of those books for me. The choice to read this was inspired by Louisiana getting hammered with eight inches of snow in late January 2025. Yes, you read that right. Our warm, humid, crawfish-boiling state was suddenly…
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The Shade of Generations: Where Legacy Takes Root
Nora traveled lightly. Her backpack carried a trowel, a bundle of saplings, and a small notebook where she sketched maps of every place she’d been. It was not a glamorous life, but it was hers. For the past ten years, she had traveled from town to town, city to city, planting trees in places where…
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The Treadmills of Life: Building Strength and Preparing for the Journeys Ahead
We’ve all felt it at some point in our lives — that sense of walking on a treadmill, working hard but going nowhere. It can feel frustrating, even hopeless. But what if the treadmill isn’t a dead end? What if it’s the place where we build strength, endurance, and courage for the next chapter? Typically…
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Christmas Looked a Little Different This Year
In 2024, Christmas looked a little different this year, but nonetheless, it was filled with love, joy, and a sense of togetherness that I wouldn’t trade for anything. On December 22nd, we drove Ross to the airport for his first month follow-up after starting the clinical trial for Uveal Melanoma, with the drug Darovasertib. It…
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Starting a Successful Journaling Practice: A Step-by-Step Guide
In our fast-paced world, finding moments of reflection and clarity can be challenging. Journaling offers a powerful tool to slow down, process thoughts, and gain insights into our lives. If you’ve been considering starting a journaling practice, here’s a step-by-step guide to help you embark on this transformative journey. 1. Set Your Intention Before you…
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