29. January 2017

I’ve tried to start this post a hundred times. I thought of something like: We completed our first passage! or, We’ve done it! We’ve done a passage, or, look at us! we made it! after which I would babble on about details about how things went and how we were fearless and how we are much better sailors now and… but in reality, I want the post to go something like this: A family walks into a bar. The bartender asks “why the bedraggled looks?” The family mumbles “we survived our...

19. October 2016

Close friends of ours recently had their first baby, a lovely baby girl. Matt and I have been surprised how immediately in love we were, with this little lady, her not technically being a niece, but pretty dang close. It's been so long since our own babies were that small and needy. We've forgotten all the long nights and tired eyes, the utter exhaustion and fuzzy brain. We just love looking at the little baby girl, finally on the outside for us to love. My heart aches a little for things we'll...