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This post may be triggering for some so I am warning you now - do not read if talking about suicide bothers/triggers you. I have a question. If you have a terrible headache and it's going on four hours now, and you know that taking Tylenol or Motrin will help you feel better, what do… Continue reading Health (as in Mental)

We get in our car to drive to the airport and at that very moment we receive a notice from United that our plane is delayed.  I said, let’s go ahead and go and “wait” at the airport.  (We work from home and I needed to get Dave away from work.) Hanging out in Grand… Continue reading Travel Day

National Swim Meet Rewind with me for just a moment to the winter of 1983. My final year of college swimming and I once again had failed to qualify for Nationals. My teammates had pleaded with the coaches each year to take me along as a relay swimmer, but funds were tight and four girls… Continue reading Swimming Is My Moving Medicine

I remember when I arrived, I wanted time to stop; or at least slow down as much as it possibly could; yet here we were already on our last full day in Pizzo, Italy. I took some photos of our breakfast set up (partially to remember and partially to leave a good review on Trip… Continue reading The Tale of Two Sisters – Reggio de Calabria (Italy)

The purpose of this trip was to visit the city that our great grandmother was from. My sister arranged a "heritage" tour and we sent our family background information ahead of our visit. Our driver/heritage tour director Domenico had done a lot of research on our behalf. He showed up at our hotel at 9:00… Continue reading The Tale of Two Sisters in Italy – Our Family Heritage