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Dear Grandpa, You’ve been gone for fourteen years. But last week, I got a present from you. One of your last requests was that all the pocket change you saved, day after day, be split evenly amongst the ten of us grandkids.  It was a time-intensive labor of love that your daughter undertook. Last week, I got my jar of …

In the last two months, I have been through some of the most brutal days of my life. I had back surgery two months ago to repair some spinal damage that was causing me excruciating pain. The first three days after surgery were relatively easy—the pain was manageable, and I felt hopeful about my recovery. But on day four, I …

A few weeks ago, I let our cat Seamus write a post about his feelings regarding the quarantine. Carrick thought this was highly unfair and has been begging me to let him write about it, too. So here’s Carrick, our baby, with his perspective on the quarantine.

This coming Sunday is Graduation Day for the high school seniors in our town. Like everyone’s graduations this year, it will be different from what the seniors hoped for. I wish it didn’t have to be that way. This year’s seniors deserve all the pomp and circumstance that every other senior class has had. I was seventeen when I graduated …

Yesterday, Monty and I drove two-and-a-half hours to a doctor’s appointment. We were both so grateful to be out in the sunshine and fresh air that after the appointment, we decided not to go home right away. We drove to a town named Eaton, picked up some food, and decided to go on a picnic somewhere deserted so that we …

I spent last fall in Texas, working with some Texas Rangers to protect the border between Texas and Mexico. I also accompanied them on a cattle drive to Montana. Okay, so I didn’t literally go to Texas or Montana. I actually spent last fall in bed, sick with the flu and pneumonia. But during that time, I read the “Lonesome …