I wake softly, my tired eyes blinking in the dark, and in the exhale of my first deep breath I feel a stretch across my stomach, as if baby is waking with me. I lay still for a while, savoring the kicks and wiggles, these movements that have made me fall in love with this…
Married Life
We. Yeah, you and me.
. The steady pitter-patter of rain on our concrete patio takes me back to Washington. It’s been dark and gloomy today too, just like the winters there. The first notes of Joni Mitchell’s Both Sides Now carry from the speakers of our Amazon Alexa. “Joni Mitchell taught your cold English wife how to feel,” I…
The Texas Bucket List
. The bucket lists started during my first Alaskan winter. That November evening the temperature dropped to negative twenty-five and I became aware this ruthless cold was only the beginning. I sat down in the warmth of our first, tiny apartment and wrote a list of all the places in Alaska I wanted to visit….
Anniversary Getaway: Sedona & The Grand Canyon
The past two months have been a whirlwind. From settling into Arizona, trying to get out and enjoy nature as much as possible before the unbearable heat waves rolled in, some crappy health issues, celebrating five years of marriage, multiple work trips, and preparing for one of the BIGGEST, MOST EXCITING developments in our…
Stationed at Joint Base Lewis-McChord (JBLM) | 2 year update
Yesterday marked two years since moving to Western Washington and calling the Pacific Northwest home. I talk a lot about the area and the travel opportunities I have living here, but I don’t touch very often on the only reason I get to call this place home: my husband being stationed at Joint Base Lewis-McChord…