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Currently sitting at an ice rink while two of my children are doing the free skate (with Santa!). It’s pretty crazy here, as it tends to be in December. I opted not to skate tonight, am instead acting as a bystander to all of the skaters, listening to their squeals and laughter, observing some definite (and amusing?) flirting going on (Saturday date night in Provo!) and witnessing…

I had a doctor's appointment last Friday to get a refill for one of my medications. Simple, straightforward. I wasn't looking for any changes with it. As is standard with this office, at the beginning of the appointment the nurse had me fill out anxiety and depression checklists. No problem. Going through the anxiety one I confirmed that I was not, indeed, anxious. And I didn't consider…

That's right, my blog is finally up and running! Transferring over all of my posts from Meal Train proved to be more complicated and time consuming than I had anticipated, but it's DONE! There are still some changes that need to happen (i.e. making sure each post has a featured picture, adding tags, some other cosmetic changes I want to make, etc.), but it feels good to…

I don't know if it is a by-product of the events of the past two years or just part of getting older, but I really am comfortable with who I am. I would even venture to say that in most settings I am a pretty confident person. Unlike when I was younger, I have no problems getting up and speaking in front of a group, or meeting…

Did that catch your attention? No, not moving to another state or city or even out of our house. But I AM in the process of moving these Meal Train posts over to an actual blog site. I know, it's past time. Meal Train was never intended to be a blog platform, only a place for people to post the occasional updates, but obviously it turned in…

We have got to stop “meeting” this way. I’d really rather this didn’t become a pattern, but I am once again sitting in an ER room writing out a Meal Train post. Needing to abruptly leave church this time was pretty comical, though. Adriana was giving a talk today in sacrament meeting, but right before we left for church she came to me saying that her feeding…

When I sit down and write a blog post, the things that come out are indicative of what I happen to be feeling in that exact moment. That means, though, that if I am having a hard time right then and I use my writing to process through it, that people sometimes assume I must still be in a slump or struggling, especially when I don't tend…

"When peace like a river attendeth my way When sorrows like sea billows roll Whatever my lot, Thou hast taught me to say "It is well (it is well) With my soul (with my soul) It is well, it is well with my soul... "And Lord, haste the day when my faith shall be sight The clouds be rolled back as a scroll The trump shall resound,…