The search for an ideal life.
Before our daughter was born nine weeks early, everything I knew about the neonatal intensive care unit was from an episode of Boy Meets World. Although “Boy” is one of my longtime comfort shows, the episode with Cory’s baby brother in the NICU is one I always avoided rewatching. Ugh, way too sad, I’d say …
“You know, I always thought it was very funny that losing your sense of smell was called anosmia. Anos-mia, you know, like schnoz-mia.” –J.D., Scrubs For most of my life, I had no sense of smell. The reason was a mystery until my 30s, when I was diagnosed with a rare genetic condition called Kallmann …
Ever since childhood, I’ve loved pumpkin. As soon as the air started turning crisp, all my doodles would turn to pumpkins. In middle school, I remember asking my mom for a pack of colored highlighters. Not so much for studying, but because I needed the orange one to really make my gourd drawings pop. I …
Now that the weather should be cooling off, my husband and I want to get back into geocaching. It’s a hobby that kind of fell by the wayside after our daughter was born last year, along with sleep and our sourdough bread starter. She loves being outside, so I’m hoping it’ll be a fun family …
A few weekends ago, we decided to take our one-year-old on a day trip to an apple orchard in the mountains. It was our first real family trip, and the main thing we learned is that road tripping with a toddler is tough. Somehow, an ETA of 10:00 am turned into 2:00 pm. It’s sort …
I used to have a job that could be kind of stressful sometimes. After work, one of my favorite ways to decompress was by making quick breads. I think it started with a pumpkin bread recipe that I found. Then I moved on to banana, and trying to come up with my own recipes soon …
“The trick is not becoming a writer. The trick is staying a writer.” –Harlan Ellison Back in college, I met this woman in line at the Walmart photo center. I was there getting some pictures from my friend’s birthday party developed and she started chatting with me. This happened a lot when I was younger. I …
