As I sat in the emergency room with Matt’s aunt, many medical professionals came and went, but one beautiful young woman came in and introduced herself as Tova. “Is that Hebrew?” I asked. She paused and gave me a surprised look. “Yes,” she said. This was meaningful for me, because my soul had been living…
It’s spring in the Rockies, which means as I write this I have turned the calendar to April and am watching it snow outside. I’m using these cold spring days to do some cleaning in the crawl space, where we store most of our worldly possessions. Yesterday I brought up a Rubbermaid filled with years…
After dropping my price on a small table, a man on Facebook Marketplace said he wanted to buy it. He lives in Missoula, but his sister was coming to Kalispell and could pick it up. She was a lovely young woman, and we chatted as we tried to wiggle that table into her hatchback. Turns…
I just got home from my normal Friday grocery shopping, and it wasn’t a great experience. First, in a checkout lane I struck up a conversation with the worker. She was probably in her mid 20’s. Our conversation turned to gardening, and she vehemently stated that she would not garden and that she was so…
I’m preparing to walk into my mother-in-law’s bedroom this morning and apologize to her for something thoughtless I said yesterday. It’s not a huge deal, except it is, because it’s something I could have phrased in a different way that would have been more respectful. It was the first thing I thought of when I…
“I think I just need to go see her,” I told Matt. “If that’s what you think you need to do,” he said. So I girded my loins with courage (dramatic language) and filled a baggy with chocolate chip cookies (modern day peace pipe). Matt dropped me off, and I went inside to give cookies…
I’ve been hungry for so long. Maybe it started in middle school, when our old piano sat right by the front door. I would open the door in the summer and play as loudly as I could, so that everyone who walked by could hear and enjoy the music. Back in those days, I started…
The baby and I were snuggling on the couch, when I heard a loud crash and thud behind me, followed by immediate screams. Somehow that three-year-old grandson had managed to tumble off of the barstool onto his head. I rushed over and knelt down, with the baby on one knee and the wailing boy burrowed…
Today I am the proud owner of a brand new GE stove in my kitchen. Joy bubbles up in me when I see that shiny new top with no chipped enamel or stains that even a Magic Eraser can’t get off. May I brag that I now have convection and air fryer features in my…
We went to buy Matt new shoes. He was looking for good quality, to keep his feet well enough to exercise, and he was dropping a good bit of his stash of birthday and Christmas money on these shoes. “I probably will need new tennis shoes one of these days,” I muttered absent-mindedly, as I…
Last night Matt installed the new showerhead I requested for my birthday. We stayed in a hotel on our way to Wyoming this Christmas, and the showerhead was amazing. I decided right then that this was the gift I was going to ask for. Matt thought I was weird, but I told him we do…
Since becoming a certified financial coach, I have now listened to upwards of 600 hours of Ramsey and Jesse Mecham financial podcasts. Since you may think that’s nuts and don’t want to do the same, let me deliver to you the one word that I have heard the most: intentionality. Dave Ramsey would say that…
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