healthy food, lifestyle, travel, & everyday moments.
To another continent, in fact!
Most of our friends and family aren’t too surprised that we are moving (after all, we’ve been talking about leaving the country since 2015) but by where we are moving.… Read More »
K. J. Walker arrived in the wee hours of the morning on September 21, 2022. His birth was finally what I wanted out of labor & delivery: quick, in the hospital, with a doula and wonderful OB, just gas & air for pain management, and most importantly, safe, peaceful and non-traumatic.
My first two births were pretty wild by comparison, but I finally feel at peace and honestly like I could have five more kids if my labors and deliveries were that wonderful! (Kidding, kidding.)… Read More »
I often think about the fact that in two and a half short years, it will be time for my oldest child to start kindergarten.
Not in a teary, nostalgic kind of way–this child loves friends, adventures, learning, and general commotion; he’s a strong-willed, high-energy child–but in a “what am I going to do about that?” kind of way.
My own experience with the American education system was poor and (though I’ve never written about it) riddled with lockdown drills and the same threat of gun violence that pervades every public school in our country.… Read More »
We just got back from a quite tumultuous trip to Oahu for my one of my best friends’ wedding. The wedding itself was a gorgeous, fun, low-key event, and one of the beaches near our hotel was also lovely. Besides that though, the trip left a lot to be desired…
Anyways, I don’t want to spend this post complaining but suffice it to say just about everything went wrong and when we were able to rebook our horribly rebooked tickets (ugh, Delta) to a direct flight for one night earlier, I was happy!… Read More »
Bit of a random topic for today’s post, but I was thinking about an experience I had earlier this week.
Due to my dysregulated microbiome, I’m quite prone to certain types of infections–which aren’t life-threatening, just annoying–and unfortunately end up at the doctor’s office more than I’d like. Anyways, usually they’ll run a nice panel of tests for me and it always turns out to be one of three of the same problems, but occasionally more than one. … Read More »
