Dear Mom, How could I ever express in words the gratitude that I owe you, the very person who brought me into existence here on this earth? And how could I ever express my thankfulness that not only did you give me life, but that you gave me the very best life I could have ever …
Solo Date
Sometimes when Matt is in an Angry Birds kind of mood and I’m in a let’s-go-outside kind of mood, I’ll take a little drive to get myself out of the house. More often than not, that drive takes me to the grocery store. This time, it (also) took me to a hidden little park that …
Weekend Survival Kit
You’d think I was in some kind of serious, feminine-hormone-driven crisis judging by what I just picked up from the store on my way back from donating plasma. But no–I just have a couple hours before Matt is due home from work, and I’m in the mood for some serious guilty-pleasuring. Hope your weekend is fabulous, …
Anniversary Picnic
For our anniversary yesterday, Matt made the excellent suggestion that we take a picnic lunch up the canyon and enjoy a nice hike in the great outdoors. Besides being kind of romantic, it was also free (therefore making it the perfect date). Last summer, we went to this place in City Hall that has all …
Weekend Before Finals
Today we have been studying for Matt’s math final for over six hours. And by we, I mean that Matt was cramming his little brain out, and I was right next to him for half of it so that I wouldn’t have to keep getting up only to come back the next second to answer a question. I …
Reborn Again & Again
While typing up my mission journals, I occasionally come across thoughts that hit me with as much weight now as they did when I first wrote them. This morning I came across this paragraph that I feel I could as easily have written today as I could have back when I was six weeks into …
Book Fair Bounty
Remember how I talked in my Tell-All post this week about the Scholastic Book Fair on campus that Matt and I look forward to all year long? Well folks, this is why. We got all these books (all brand-new), for under $100. Sure, we might not be able to go out on a date night …
That Place Between Sleep and Awake
My nephew Adam would have been eight years old today. I am so grateful for the knowledge that I can see him again and that he is never far from me. Soon after his passing, my dad gave us all his beautiful calligraphy version of the quote, “You know that place between sleep and awake, …