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Without the benefit of revisiting social media posts or digital memory cards, it’s difficult to remember what specifically made our 2019 trip to the old country extra memorable. We had no idea when we pulled away from Ca D Maestro with a dozen chosen family members screaming ciao, ciao, ciao! that it would be our Read more about Ready, Set, Wait…Five Years![…]
The little four legger who stole our hearts. It really makes no sense that a 10-pound, furry white lap dog could capture a large part of so many hearts, including mine. But that’s what happened. After nearly a dozen joy-filled years, little Taylor Dog has found her path to the canine afterlife and we are………..super Read more about Tribute to Taylor[…]
For nearly all six decades on this planet, I have loved music. It’s always been in my midst, more so even than television growing up. Having been raised in a dual small business family, there was always music playing in either the furniture showroom or one of my mother’s preschools. My first exposure to live Read more about How Coldplay changed my life.[…]
In the past three years, Preston-Fall City Road has captured part of my heart and most of my imagination. A few days before Halloween 2021, a horrible phone call confirmed that Max, a 22-year-old beloved Starbucks coworker (and his mother Cami) died instantly when a freak windstorm landed a huge tree on their passing car. Read more about The River, The Road and The Soul[…]
I did not fully realize the gravity of all that comes with touring out of state colleges, especially the ones that require a two-hour flight, cost about the same as a starter home, and creates much fear of loss. In six days, we saw some things to behold, including one college right on the Pacific Read more about College Tour Extravaganza 2023[…]
One of the final lengthy conversations I had with #MyAwesomeDad… was about the day he and #MyMom finally moved into the house I grew up in. It was the first of 16 new houses occupied on South 234th Place in Des Moines. I was just six months old, and with two older sisters, our current Read more about The Give and Take in Pastores, Guatemala[…]
In our laundry room downstairs, a discarded teak book shelf holds my causal threads. Of the four shelves, I’d say the top one gets the most action. I’m a regular on E-Bay seeking size 38 Ex-Officio tan shorts. Yes, those same style I’ve been sporting in for a dozen years. “Quality never goes out of Read more about Socks Don’t Have to Match[…]
In 1982, my parents made a trip to Hawaii, post a 25th Wedding Anniversary celebration in our family home. At the time, the best “local” beach accommodation was the Outrigger on Waikiki. Halfway into their week-long stay, which included my little sister Annie, the hotel room phone rang. “Are you expecting something from home” was Read more about Joining Spirits on Airport Beach[…]
I read a text message from Zoe, my Starbucks manager. “I need to talk to you today Larry?” In nearly sixteen years of my part time coffee gig, I’d never received this kind of urgent digital communication. Even as an optimist, this went to the bottom of my stomach. I replied about a scheduled professional Read more about Who Needs a Hug?[…]
When my Dad turned 18, he received a letter from the President of the United States. It looked similar to thousands of others that landed in US mailboxes. This was anything but junk mail. He knew it was coming but hoped his name and address would be lost in the system. He’d already met the Read more about Hawaiian time with #MyAwesomeDad[…]