tjsthings

  • 2020 – The cliff or the drop?

    At the end of 2019, I felt like maybe I was was standing close to the edge of a cliff. I was in the process of making updates on our house so that we could then put it on the market. In my mind , the plan was to fix everything up during the Winter Read more


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  • Old and New.

    This weekend has been a virtual celebration of family and friends, old and new, for which I am sincerely grateful. Three generations of my family (in four different states) got together and caught up with the latest and greatest news of our lives, some of my friends had gatherings and even though I spent a Read more


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  • The Gratitude Journal.

    A little over a month ago I had a lot of feelings to process. The kids and I were still navigating at home school, we were looking at all options for our next home, while adjusting to life in a new city with the pandemic. The election was winding down, or at least I hoped Read more


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  • The Emerald City

    In a lot of ways, our arrival in the Seattle Area felt like how, in the Wizard of Oz, everything goes from faded grayscale tones to technicolor. All I needed were a pair of ruby (or silver) slippers. For the first time in two years, my entire family was under one roof on a day Read more


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