“What kind of work do you do?” “Until how old?” “How did you get anything done?” These are the questions I most often get asked when I tell people “I...
Five years ago, we got a phone call about a baby boy that changed our lives. Four years ago, we brought home that beautiful, active toddler into our family through international adoption....
I probably tell my soon-to-be-8-year-old to “hurry up” a half-dozen times a day. Whether it’s urging her to complete her homework, to catch up with me on a walk or...
We just finished up our first family trip to Disney World. I’d been before: but never as the person that actually paid for the trip, which does change the way...
My husband and I spent 10 months planning not one, but two weddings. Barry came to Minnesota from Dublin, Ireland, in 2005 to finish his Cardiology fellowship. Despite being a...
I’m watching my 9-month-old baby learn to crawl. Right now. As I type. She’s caught a second wind tonight and after some unsuccessful shushing and rocking I set her down...
There is little that is more comforting than the smell of cinnamon and apples baking in your kitchen on a fall day. Baking with apples just feels like one of...
The evenings are cooler and the days have a crisp edge – it’s fall in Minnesota, and fall means apple season. Everyone finds enjoyment in heading to a local orchard...
