We Are the Sum of Our Choices

The morning after. Our chairs sit empty, surrounding the firepit. Embers still smoldering, every once in awhile a thin trail of smoke...

The other day, I was out mowing my lawn. Hair was in a messy ponytail, wearing a faded t-shirt and leggings, no make-up on. I hadn't...

Those of you who were worried about me from my last post about our Wisconsin weather can relax now. We've finally turned the corner to...

A couple nights ago, after washing a few dishes, I looked up at the ceiling in my kitchen and saw a soap bubble floating in the air. I...

I was going through the photos on my laptop the other night and I found a dozen or so that I had taken of the same tree in my backyard....

It was flashing at me. The panel on the microwave. "End" in digital letters. Over and over again. I opened it slowly, wondering what I...

This post marks number 225 since I launched my website and started writing this blog. 225 posts about life. 4 years and 3 months sharing...

I finally threw away my basket full of unmatched socks. If you read my blog regularly, you might remember my post about it from 2018....

My favorite room in my house is the family room. Because that's where my fireplace is. When I first moved in, I really wasn't sure that I...

I was heading up to bed. As I reached for the light switch, I noticed a red glow coming from the panel on the oven. Why was it still on?...

My windows are wide open this afternoon. The breeze is softly blowing across my face as I write this. It's the first day of spring. And...

How many choices do you think we make in a given day? Month? Year? I know some days it feels like way too many. If I'm honest, some days...

The marker for mile #8 was a few blocks behind us when I heard this: "How's your knee?" "It hurts, but I'm going to do this!" We turned...

Ever notice how some things can be weirdly specific? Like this collection box I saw at a gas station the other day. It made sense to me...

I spend more time than I would like waiting in lines lately. The line at the grocery store. The line at school drop off. The line at the...

My cat knocked over the recycling bin in my kitchen the other day. I came home to find the contents of it strewn across my kitchen. Soup...

There's a giant window in the back of the room where my son and I stayed at the Children's Hospital in downtown Chicago this past week. ...

The water was calm. The beach practically empty. The sky filled with clouds. The sun was trying hard to break through. Slivers of light...

As soon as I heard it I knew. That awful sound of metal spinning in the garbage disposal. One of my new spoons had fallen in it while I...

Life is messy. In lots of different ways. There are literal messes in our homes. Constant cycles of cleaning up, making new messes, and...