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“There is something sacred about being in motion while surrounded by uncertainty. A flight through a storm strips life down to its essentials. I cannot steer. I cannot pause the wind. I cannot calm the rain clouds. All I can… Continue reading

“I learned early that resilience isn’t loud. It doesn’t look like a highlight reel. Sometimes it looks like doing physical therapy alone after school. It looks like crutches at the state tournament. It looks like icing a knee and pretending… Continue reading

“As this year comes to a close, I feel thankful. Not because it was perfect—but because it was real. Because we grew, loved hard, showed up for each other, and kept moving forward. I don’t know exactly what next year… Continue reading

“I’m not living a dramatic storyline, I’m not wildly remarkable, and I don’t have some extraordinary journey that begs to be broadcast. What I do have is a deeply lived life—a real one—and that alone feels meaningful enough to document.… Continue reading

Five years ago today, I met the little boy who would change the very structure of who I am. Five years ago today, I became someone new—not just a mother in title, but a mother in soul. Life shifted in… Continue reading

I’ve accepted it — I am that girl. The one who starts humming Christmas songs before Halloween candy wrappers hit the trash. The one who can’t walk past a strand of twinkle lights without imagining where they’d look best. The… Continue reading

Every fall, there’s this quiet shift you can feel in your bones — when the last long, bright evening fades, and Southeast Alaska exhales into its dark grey season. The air smells different. The clouds hang heavier. It happens every… Continue reading

“As his mama, I sit in awe of who he is becoming. He is kind, supportive, and so deeply loyal to his people. Watching him step into this next season of growth feels both tender and proud—like holding onto the… Continue reading

This Labor Day weekend was nothing short of soul-filling. Three days spent camping at Settlers Cove gave us just the right blend of relaxation, adventure, and family connection. It felt like summer’s last big embrace—sun on our shoulders, sand between… Continue reading

Does he have the space to be a boy? To break things, to build things, to wrestle, to climb, to create—and yes, even to destroy? Boys are wired with energy that spills out of them, sometimes louder and messier than… Continue reading