One year ago today I was sitting in a coffee shop when I got the news that Mattia had died. Today I feel it all over again. My heart...

Dear 2023, I'm not going to miss you, but I will never forget you. You took it upon yourself to try to break me, but I'm still here,...

I felt the storm coming. Actually, I was probably DREADING that it was coming, fearing that it was coming, more than a preternatural...

It's been a hot second since I have been able to write. It's honestly been a little hard to be cut off from it. For my birthday GG got me...

This has been a year! So much nastiness, so much drama and it has been amazing to be away from that for a moment so we could catch our...

We have good days and we have bad days. Our journey probably looks like most of yours. And it feels really good to be here, in this...

March began as it always does with crazy weather. Shorts one day. Digging the winter coat back out the next. I picked Timos up from...

Timos started second grade at North American Martyrs. He had his good friend there, by now his absolute BEST friend, even though he was a...

One day I was driving around town doing errands, when the strangest feeling came over me. For the life of me, I could not identify...

Timos began 2nd grade. It was in 2nd grade that he would encounter his first overt racism. He was told he was dumb because he was black...

On top of everything else we were facing the direst financial situation we had ever had to deal with. We had to cash out our retirement...

“Mommy, I have to tell you something that is very hard to say.” In a fraction of second my life skewed sideways. I knew that I was about...

Chapter 24 Everything was perfect for about four months. As I knew it would be. The Honeymoon Period they call it. It fooled Garen and...

Chapter 23 We had landed in America on Valentine’s Day, forever changing why we celebrate it. I was worried about the cold. I thought it...

Chapter 22 Man, that flight was a blur. I watched the flight tracker on the screen, both major legs of the journey, non-stop. I couldn’t...

Chapter 21 Garen got our tickets immediately. We had three days left in the country. Our hotel was extensive with several restaurants, a...

Chapter 20 The flight home is about 28 hours. Garen hadn’t even landed in America yet, when life as we had known it in Uganda, changed...

Chapter 19 The next few weeks were spent getting medical clearance, getting Timos’ passport and having our first appointment with the...

Chapter 18 For the most part, Garen and I were busy soaking up this amazing country. We didn’t want to miss anything. But there were a...

Garen and I are a few weeks out from celebrating our 31st wedding anniversary. We have literally been together MOST of our lives. And so...