October 7, 2023 Love it or hate it: The Ohio Rennaissance Festival This past weekend, we visited the Ohio Renn Fest for the first time in many years. This big, festive and chaotic event is like…
October 2, 2023 My parents vanished for 10 days and I lost it Am I too attached to my parents? I don’t think I am – but I am pretty darn fond of them. I typically email…
September 30, 2023 Meeting the most decorated Olympic athlete in history Michael Phelps is one of the top Olympic medalists of all time. Phelps is the most successful and decorated Olympian ever with a total…
September 28, 2023 I’m celebrating one year at the Trevor Project It’s my Trevor Project anniversary today. It’s been exactly one year since I completed one of the most rigorous training programs of my life,…
September 26, 2023 I’m nuts about sweet treats made with nuts I love sweets, but I’m actually quite choosy about them. For example, I don’t love cold desserts – including ice cream. Oh sure, I…
September 20, 2023 My top favorite waterfalls around the world I may be in my mid-life, but I still find new things to enjoy and obsess over. Case in point: waterfalls. I took these…
September 13, 2023 Hubby planned a surprise roadtrip to a tunnel waterfall E and I send each other a ton of reels on Instagram. Sometimes they are funny cat videos. Other times, they are about heartwarmingly…
September 11, 2023 When you look back on 9/11/2001, what do you remember? I’ve never written about 9/11 in any meaningful way on this blog. I mentioned it briefly in my post about the time I interviewed…
September 6, 2023 Motherhood is hard. Moms rock. Blast from the past: This post was originally published in February 2012. How adorable that I thought motherhood was hard back then, when I…
August 28, 2023 We gained two amazing daughters thanks to Youth For Understanding (YFU) I’ve written many stories here about our year with our beautiful Thai daughter Napa. She came to us through the Youth for Understanding (YFU)…