To start off I need to let you know that this blog post is not about pancreatitis, but about empty-nesting’s affect on this stay-at-home mom. But, I need to begin with the pancreatitis. For our wedding anniversary we travelled north to Larsmont Cottages on the rocky shore of Lake Superior in Minnesota. This was our …
Following a routine dental cleaning in June, I developed an occasional ache in the left side of my jaw. I dismissed it, as I had had x-rays taken and no cavities were found. I assumed she had bumped something during the cleaning and that it would heal up on its own. Over the following weeks, …
“In the sciences, people quickly come to regard as their own personal property that which they have learned and had passed on to them at the universities and academies. If someone else comes along with new ideas that contradict the Credo and in fact even threaten to overturn it, then all passions are raised against …
I’m sitting in a tiny brick room at the library with my handsome best friend working by my side. Andrew works from home every Friday. He spends four days driving an hour to St. Peter, and one day working at home—he’s trending towards two days working from home (fabulous news). Since my grand-mal seizure last …
Hard work, discipline, risk, educated choices, make for a satisfying, rich life. My husband and daughter are driving towards the dingy L.A. city of San Pedro at this very moment. I haven’t been there since I left back in 1997. It’s crazy satisfying to be on this side of it. The week before I left …
“You live as if you were destined to live forever, no thought of your frailty ever enters your head, of how much time has already gone by you take no heed. You squander time as if you drew from a full and abundant supply, though all the while that day which you bestow on some …
Last Wednesday, I woke up with a migraine. This is not uncommon after I have had a busy day prior. I did not want to stay in bed, so I got up and dressed, but I felt so miserable that I laid back down. I heard Andrew in the kitchen making breakfast and then grinding …
It has been over a year since I have blogged. This particular blog was started by Andrew for updates on my health after two grand-mal seizures in the spring of 2015. Since moving to Minneapolis, where there are no reminders of my brain tumor, I have had little desire to write on here. I actually …
I think I’m actually positively loving our new house. The layout feels perfect. And, for being in the city, in a lot of ways it is more private than our Iowa home. The master bedroom is on the top level–all by itself with two doors to close–one at the foot of the stairs and …
Leaving this beautiful, spacious home is harder than I thought it would be. Andrew said this morning, “we always new it would suck,” but I didn’t realize how much it would “suck.” I keep telling myself that “it’s only temporary–if we want it to be.” We wanted to be moved into the school district we …