I have a thing for extreme geography. I hail from a region of Canada so far north that we drive south to reach parts of Alaska. While you may not immediately realize it, Michigan is another such geographical oddity. This past weekend we drove south, crossed the border, and about ten minutes later my three […]

Read More Point Pelee: the Edge of the World

I don’t talk to random strangers. For that matter I often don’t talk to people I know when I’m out and about. (I am definitely that person who will zip into another aisle or stare straight at my feet to pretend I didn’t notice an acquaintance at the store. I really value anonymity and crave my […]

Read More Be That Stranger

While parenting is largely synonymous with teaching, we often wonder if anything is getting through. There is SO MUCH to teach, but is any of it sinking in? Do the kids even hear me? How can I possibly teach them everything they’re supposed to know and be and do, even if they did hang on […]

Read More What I Hope My Children Learn From Me

Nobody warns you. Any woman who brings a child into the world must travel through the valley of the shadow of death. The journey can be harrowing and the results are sometimes devastating, sometimes blissful. But no one dare warn the uninitiated for fear of scaring them off. Nobody warns you. They tell you babies […]

Read More Nobody Warns You

We moved from Texas to Michigan. It was quick in the beginning and slow in the end. It was excruciating and wonderful and everything in between. Nothing had gone according to plan. (Well, one thing did: we got an offer on our second day of showings. Yay us!) Yet despite nothing going to plan everything […]

Read More Life Lessons from the Move