Happy Birthday to our Family’s Free Spirit

Happy Birthday to our Family’s Free Spirit

Dear Hadley, For the longest time, you were just my irritating little sister. Stereotypical middle child, number 4 in our family, you were constantly getting in the way and making sure we saw you doing it. I have no memories of you being tranquil. Only Tasmanian...

To my sister on the eve of her wedding.

Kelsey, Right now you’re still asleep, but when you wake up the next 48 hours are going to be some of the craziest of your life.  It’s the day before your wedding, and you’re probably already having trouble sleeping out of pure excitement....

Love, Actually.

I wish this blog post could come with a photo gallery.  I wish I could show you the look on my mother’s face when my sister stepped out in a wedding gown for the first time.  I wish the photographs could convey better than any written word how lovely Kelsey looked,...

She’s my sister. I love my sister.

Raise your hand if you watched Barney as a kid.  Come on, nobody can see, just raise your hand.  That’s what I thought. A lot of you.  We were fairly addicted in our household as well, and one of the episodes we watched over and over again has two of the...