This shirt brings back so many memories. Slip-n-slides, roller hockey, Otterpops. I lived in this shirt. It was custom made at a little hole-in-the-wall shop. Kids always say, "This is the best present ever!" But this shirt really was the best present ever. Red was my favorite color, and fifteen was my favorite number. It didn't matter it went to my knees when...
"Think of it as an adventure," I said. I was nearly done teaching, and Calvin still did not have a solid job offer. He was doing some temporary work as a tree surgeon. We looked at each other. "Alaska," I whispered. "I know you've always wanted to go I said." It had always been Calvin's dream to go fishing in Alaska. "No! we...
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Topaz Mountain should definitely be on everyone's "Utah Bucket List." After learning our GPS wouldn't work, we thankfully had brought hand scribbled directions that got us there. When we got out of the car, we almost felt like we had stepped on another planet. It was the quiest place I had ever been. It was so quiet, the loudest thing you could hear...
Tatanka. That word has been the running joke in our house for the last two weeks. Why do you ask? Because we finally watched the classic Kevin Costner "Dances with Wolves" movie about the Sioux Indian tribe. It just so happens Tatanka is the name for buffalo in the Sioux Lakota dialect. And the name of a Native American professional wrestler. You're welcome. So...
