The Hits Keep Coming
The hits keep coming. And I’m quite sad. This may seem like something small to some people reading this post. But to me, it’s big. And it’s important. I love […]
Level Up: Take Action
April 2nd came and went this year with no great fanfare from me. Not this year. This year I just couldn’t put on a blue shirt and beg my family […]
Life in The Bolliverse
I just finished putting together my One-Second-a-Day video for this crazy year. And by year, I’m stretching it from the first day of 2020 to March 11, 2021, exactly one […]
Dear Braden
Dear Braden, It’s been one week since you made your big move out of our house and into your new home. Your new home. I still can hardly believe I’m […]
Padlocks Greatly Reduce Efficiency
Now I’m sitting in my living room surrounded by boxes full of everything that usually belongs in our kitchen cupboards and drawers. Our bedroom closet is full of bathroom supplies. […]
Grieving: Loss, Sadness, Wildfires & Exhaustion
Now: Our family experienced a loss this week. Grieving is hard at the best of times. But these are definitely not the best of times. Then: When Braden was young […]
It’s Almost September
In two days it will be September…and we’re still in America. I wrote a blog post last May entitled “Into the Great Wide Open” when Mike, Braden, and I left […]
Into the Great Wide Open
Life…it’s changing. We came to a decision recently. We are flying home to Oregon on Thursday evening. Just to clarify, we are not going home because we are scared of […]
Life in Lock Down: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly
“How are things going with Braden during all this, Lori?” Hmmm….. Life during #COVID with Braden…how would I describe it? I’m going to go with “Predictably Unpredictable.” We have now […]
He Rocked the Vote!
Let’s take a moment to congratulate America’s newest voter. Yep. Braden voted for the first time tonight in the U.S. Primaries. We hadn’t planned on having Braden vote today. I’m […]