Last week, Zack had a hematology appointment in Reno and we went for a sushi lunch afterward. Out of all the sushi restaurants in Reno (there are a lot) and the 4 chefs behind the bar, we were seated in front of the dad of a kindergartener I taught in 2005. He recognized me a …
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both sides now
I'm not a huge fan of Joni Mitchell but I've been singing the chorus to this song lately. The past two weeks, we at Holm Construction have been reading resumes, holding interviews, and talking with references. It's an exciting time because it means that the company Zack worked 10 years building will grow and continue …
What’s the word, bird? UP!
Yesterday I had time to reflect on my #oneword2016 - UP. Zack and I were UP in an airplane on our way home from Nashville where I attended the Spring Convening for America Achieves national and Tennessee fellows. Spending minutes, hours and days with some of the most passionate, smartest, most thoughtful and kindest educators in the …
a chapter here, a chapter there
Did you know that there is a thing called Narrative Therapy? As I've written before, I am not a home remodeling expert. It just wasn't a field I knew very much about before last fall. But every day I'm learning more and more about many areas I didn't know existed. Today I was introduced to …
Anatomy of a Conversation
Recently on the site I have to help friends and family keep up with Zack's progress, I reported that his speech therapist said he's at 60% functional language with gestures, writing and tech support (i.e. autofill on a smart phone). Several people texted and emailed to ask what 60% is. Good question. I pondered it and …
the kindness of others
One of the hardest parts of Zack's hospital time and recovery has been accepting help and support. Actually I got pretty good at accepting help. 😉 Friends brought clothes to Reno, did laundry for us, hosted Zack's dad and me in Reno, shuttled cars, walked our dog and made me lunches. We received cards from all …
Finding words through others’
One of my favorite movies is Finding Forrester with Sean Connery and Rob Brown. Near the end of the movie, Connery's character, William Forrester, is at Brown's character Jamal Wallace's prep school defending his writing. To explain a prior indiscretion, Forrester says, "I helped him find his own words by starting with some of mine". This …
windy day thoughts
I don't have a lot of pictures that show how windy some of our ski days have been because when it's that windy, I don't take my mittens off to take pictures! But as we're expecting another change in the weather tonight and tomorrow, there was plenty of wind on today's morning ski. For some time now I've …
perspective – from the top and from the bottom
I love the challenge that #1every2weeks (1 blog post every 2 weeks) gives me and suddenly realized it's already January 11th so I better get going! Last Monday Zack and I were back at the UC San Francisco Hematology and Blood and Marrow Transplant clinic for a hematology follow up about Zack's future treatment. The waiting …
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Generosity
I was afforded the opportunity to write a little post for LeadUpNow's 12DaysofDifference campaign. Although I only know one member of the LeadUp tribe in real life, each member of the twitter and voxer group has helped me through this year in ways I couldn't measure. Below is my paragraph about Generosity, which was day …
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