• Childhood,  Parenting

    What Happened to That Child?

    What happened to that child? Do you remember when she stood under the counter of the ice cream shop and nobody saw her there? Entirely awkward, she was somehow in her too big jeans and striped shirt just under the…

  • Goals,  Nature,  Parenting

    Fantastic Fort!

    We finally did it! We completed an extraordinary fort (a.k.a. tiny home, boys retreat, mom retreat, etc.)!! It was a labor of love, filled with lots of lumber, concrete, recycled materials, nails, screws, paint, shingles, bruises, cuts, scrapes, muscles getting…

  • Goals,  Nature,  Parenting,  Travel

    24 Parks

    I explored a patch of woods in Indiana with my 3 sons today. For us, the extraordinary memories are discovered in the quite ordinary moments. It marked the 24th and final state park that I have visited, a challenge I…