My daughter was around 8 years old when we first started including corned beef and cabbage into our St. Patrick’s Day traditions. Even though my dad’s side of the family is heavily Irish American, we just didn’t really celebrate with traditional (or even American-ized) Irish foods as I was growing up. I’ll never forget herContinue reading “From Goal to Action: Family Life”
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Traditions: Christmas Movie Nights
There’s no denying it: my family loves a good movie. One of our most cherished Christmas traditions is revisiting our favorite holiday movies every year. Sometimes we’ll make a special treat to go along with it (Sticky Popcorn is always a favorite) but often we just pile into the living room and hit play. Here’sContinue reading “Traditions: Christmas Movie Nights”
Traditions: Pumpkin Patch, or not?
It’s Fall in the Inland Northwest, and for those of us who live here, Fall equals a trip to Green Bluff. Green Bluff is the ultimate farming and produce area for Spokane. There are multiple farms that transform into Autumn Paradises every year, featuring everything from corn mazes to pumpkin donuts and u-pick fruit. InContinue reading “Traditions: Pumpkin Patch, or not?”
Traditions: October Movie Nights
As so many of my stories do, this one starts in the kitchen, where I add the final touches to our meal. We fill our bowls or plates and gather. Not around the table, as one might think, but in front of the television. Why? Because it’s October, and it’s family movie night. My familyContinue reading “Traditions: October Movie Nights”
Christmas Traditions: Food
This weekend, we will bake. Food is a favorite way to celebrate and mark traditions around here. In a year when many other traditional ways we would celebrate aren’t possible, we are holding tightly to this one. There will be literal piles of cookies in my kitchen. It makes me happy just thinking about it.Continue reading “Christmas Traditions: Food”
Christmas Traditions: Decorating
This Nativity set once belonged to my Grandma. Now it belongs to my son. As children, both my son and I would play with it, rearranging it on the sideboard and retelling the Christmas story (sometimes adding a few characters). Storytellers are we. Around here, we’re usually sticklers for doing all of our Christmas decoratingContinue reading “Christmas Traditions: Decorating”
{Menu Monday 11.2.20}
Happy #menumonday, friends! We are two days into NaNoWriMo, or National Novel Writing Month, and I’m so excited for this new project that I’m working on. If you’ve never heard of NaNo, you’ll probably think we are all crazy. The general idea is that you write 50,000 words toward a specific novel project (usually fiction,Continue reading “{Menu Monday 11.2.20}”
{Writing Wednesday: Thoughts on Savoring This Season}
It’s been a minute since I’ve done a #writingwednesday, but that doesn’t mean it hasn’t been on my mind. Finding the routine of school again after so many months of it looking vastly different has been good, but it’s also been challenging. Speaking of challenging, today’s post is about a reflection prompt that I foundContinue reading “{Writing Wednesday: Thoughts on Savoring This Season}”
{Menu Monday: 9.14.20}
Today is our first official day of school over here. I’ve technically been back at it for 2 weeks already now, with virtual meetings galore and getting ready for remote teaching, but today was our first day back with kiddos. All in all, it went well, but it’s sure a lot of screen time. WithContinue reading “{Menu Monday: 9.14.20}”
The Legacy Maker’s Manifesto
Happy #writingwednesday, friends! Today I’m sharing something that’s been resonating in my heart for a long time, but that I’ve only recently been able to put words to. It’s called The Legacy Maker’s Manifesto, and it speaks to so much of why I do what I do, and what so much of my writing isContinue reading “The Legacy Maker’s Manifesto”
Rebecca Meek 