Tag: family

The Steps I Didn’t Take, the Work I Still Have, and the Weight of Tomorrow

April 1, 2026

Eight o’clock rolls around and the house finally starts to sound like it’s winding down, but my brain hasn’t gotten the memo. I look at my Fitbit like it personally betrayed me, because somehow it still says zero steps. Zero. As if I haven’t walked this house from one end to the other all day […]

When David Becomes Dad

April 1, 2026

I don’t know if your home but five o’clock hits different in this house. It’s like the whole day shifts gears the second David walks back through that door. He doesn’t announce it. He doesn’t make a big deal out of it. He just steps into the house and the energy changes — the way […]

4:30 PM — ELECTRIC SKILLET POST: WHY THIS PAN SAVES US

March 29, 2026

I remember as a child my dad having a pressure cooker which scared the bejjeesies out of me and its’ why I never wanted one of my own. No, do I want Charlie to have a pressure cooker when he gets his own place. But as we prepare for Charlie and Mikalya to start there […]