What Should Your Legacy Be?

What Should Your Legacy Be?

My friend Carrie had escaped cancer. (hurrah!)  However during the surgery and wait to find out if the mass was malignant or benign there was time, too much time, to think. Legacy. Purpose. Love.   All the things we question when we face our own inevitable mortality....
How to Do the Whole30 Diet with a Toddler

How to Do the Whole30 Diet with a Toddler

“I like your stomach Mommy,” said my daughter Vivi. It’s all squishy.”  Like many, I had Pandemic Body.™ But that wasn’t why I started the Whole30 Diet with a toddler in the house. Sure I was squishy but I was also slow, irritable and had regular rosacea breakouts...
Are Your Memories Real, Even When Disputed by Family?

Are Your Memories Real, Even When Disputed by Family?

Dueling Memories I’m back in Montana with family. One of our favorite pastimes is to recount old stories and memories of our late relatives, those loveable yet fallible characters that came to Montana for homesteading, gold, and other adventures.  Of course, because...