A Rose By Any Other Name...
Occasionally you just have to embrace the crazy. This time, the crazy has four legs. And fur. Lots of fur. Am I regularly behind on...
Double Rainbow
The ultrasound was almost six years ago. I have told the story so many times that it's like those pajamas tossed at the foot of my...
Cancer Stole My Breastfeeding Experience
Instead of my usual two hour drive east, I'm receiving chemo in the local hospital today. The one where I gave birth to Eli three years...
The Beat Goes On
I read recently that parenting is simultaneously celebrating accomplishments and milestones, while grieving each stage that is left...
Baby Birds, A Post for Mothers
A robin has nested in our back patio eaves. The nest is just out of reach. We see it from underneath. Observing her coming and going....
You Say Road...I Say Trip
In April we met Jason's family in Hood River, Oregon. His younger brother, John, lives in Portland with his girlfriend, Lauren. They are...
Wishes Among Weeds
May is the weather turning. It is opening my window at night so I can snuggle beneath the heaviest blankets, almost seeing my breath by...
Garage Sale
While I was in Spokane nursing my disappointment over the news from my last Echo (more on that here), I got a text from my friend...
March for Science
Earth Day always calls to mind an afternoon grilling on my deck in Bremerton. I was hosting my friend and fellow manager at Nordstrom,...
My Beating Heart
Tuesday evening I took London and Quinn to the elementary school for kindergarten registration. The following afternoon we had their...
