Some links on this blog are affiliate links, only for the things I love most! We are at the point, here in the desert, where it is sunrise right when we meet for scriptures/breakfast in the mornings. Yesterday, pink light was spilling in all our windows as the girls sat at the counter and we…
Mother’s Day this time around was one I won’t soon forget, nestled in a hospital room with my Lucy, entrenched in the heat of mothering, trying my darnedest to harness my “inner-Linda”…the part of me that I search for often, that part of my mother who I hope runs through my veins. (She is the…
Kind of on the same tangent as yesterday, let’s talk about something my grandma once said, “When you master the seemingly impossible, it does something for you that fits into your very character for a lifetime, and makes the next impossible thing seem that much easier.” I think about that a bunch. Especially this last…
There’s one thing I forgot to say in my conversation with Eva Timothy. I think I mentioned that she and her family came to stay with us when she was doing a couple firesides here in the desert. I’ve talked about Eva before. She is a friend my sister Saren met on her mission in…
A tribute to strong women everywhere.
I am just coming up for air after some pretty hefty hosting and Turkey Trotting and velvety family togetherness. I told Dave I think I may have bit off more than I could chew this year. He laughed and told me that seems to be a theme of mine these days. He’s not wrong. So…
Lu and I are working on gratitude. In the midst of lots of things she’s dealing with, we decided we’re going to each share one thing we’re grateful for each night before heading to bed. She’s been pretty good at keeping us on that bandwagon. I think maybe she feels the difference in her soul…
Yow there have been a lot of moving parts around here! We just put the last two plus Murphy on the plane after Claire’s farewell weekend, and now it’s down to just the three musketeers plus our little future missionary at home. We’ve been through some serious jet lag and a giant cold sore and…
Grandma Jacobson is my mother’s beloved mother whose words run through all of our hearts: “When you master the seemingly impossible, it does something for you that fits into your very character for a lifetime, and makes the next impossible thing seem that much easier.” Grandma Jacobson Those words she wrote in her journal during…