Kevin and I had our Christmas last night, which is probably why I keep thinking that today is Christmas when it’s actually Christmas Eve. I always work too hard for our Christmas dinner.  It’s just the two of us, after all, but I feel that it’s important to start our own traditions.  So, for the […]

When I was little, I was terribly shy.  Incredibly shy.  In fact, for several years, I was bribed with candy lollipops just in an effort to get me to look at the camera.  It never worked, but I always got the lollipop anyway. So I understood little Kari’s timidity when I met her.  Big people […]

Allow me to remind you what I looked like 12 days ago. Here’s how much I’ve healed.  It’s almost miraculous really. So, yes, I have a jagged, lightening bolt scar, but all things considered, it’s going pretty good.  I have a clean bill of health from my doctor and hopefully no more episodes of this […]

Reason number 2,567,449 that my sister and I are so much alike. Emily:  “You would love [Microsoft Project].  I feel like it was designed for people like us.  Right now in class we’re helping Becky grow her garden to have the carrots delivered to a winery for a non-alcoholic health drink by X date.  Personally, I think that Cabernet […]

Another soul was laid to rest today.  I wasn’t there, but as I looked out the window, I thought, “This would be a day to remember.  Negative temperatures, wind that cuts through your skin, and bleak gray skies overhead.  This is just the kind of crappy day where you have to lower your dad six […]

It started out with coatings of hairspray and dustings of powder in a huge suite where everyone could lounge and drink mimosas.  Yes, please.  Carly was one of the most relaxed brides I’ve ever encountered and it continued to show throughout the day, in various stages of everyone else’s stress, just how great her calming […]