A Week in Rutland, Vermont, Pre- and Post-Surgery | Hiking in White Rocks National Recreation Area | Hiking to Thundering Brook Falls | April 2023 Our week in Rutland is broken into 3 parts in my mind: The 2 days before Charlotte’s surgery, the day of surgery, and the 3 days after. And while it…
Final Days in Tupper Lake | Tupper Lake to Burlington, VT | Hiking in Causeway Park & Eagle Mountain | March 2023 After Charlotte’s vet appointment in Lake Placid, we returned to Tupper Lake for 2 more nights before going to Vermont for the optometrist appointment. During that time, we mostly laid low and let…
This is likely the hardest post we’ve had to write to date, and is all the more jarring given how bright and optimistic the previous posts have been about our time in the Adirondacks. This is largely because those posts were written proactively, the day that we did those hikes, and not influenced by what…
I haven’t written a monthly update for a few months, but I feel like March deserves one. The world as we know it turned upside down, and everyone has their own story of how current events have affected their lives. Now is the perfect time to record what’s going on, to write about how you’re…
As I look back over the events of 2019, the word that comes to mind is Overcome. I see the trials that came in the form of being apart, and I think about how Curtis advanced in his career during that time and how I held down the fort at home and filled each day…
Reflecting on 2018, it’s harder to see change in our lives than it was in the past few years. Throughout our marriage, each year had been filled with big, obvious changes — moving to a new state, traveling to new places, and Curtis working or going to school somewhere new. Until this year: 2018 was…