the LTM blog

I’m generally an enthusiastic, joyful, happy person. My natural demeanor is filled with smiles and laughter. If you’ve watched my stories even a little bit, it won’t surprise you that my laughter with myself is the thing I get comments about the most. I can’t help it. Even as a little girl, I was the […]

We just completed our first vacation away from the mainland US since 2019. We went from flying 200,000+ miles a year to almost none. It was a big change for our family. We have spent so much time in Montana over the last 3 years dreaming and planning our life there. So, this year we […]

A note on starting late. I’m watching my kid start gymnastics about 11 years “too late.” Most of these kids have been in a gym since they were toddling around. Not Kennedy, though. She decided to start gym at 12. Her class is filled with small kids. She’s taller than her coach. The kids her […]

I watched her from a corner where she didn’t see me as tears spilled down her face, and she set her guitar back in its case. She didn’t throw her instrument or treat it harshly. That’s something I would have done as I placed 100% of the blame on that damn instrument. Boston simply laid […]

Story time. In December of 2021, our family of 5 sat around a table and debated getting a dog. We were prepping to live off grid in Montana at the time, and we wanted a dog that would warn us of danger, help keep wild animals away, and be confident in the forest. We passed […]

It doesn’t always look like you think it will. Deconstruction has many faces. You’ve probably heard the word tossed around the internet focused on personal and spiritual growth. Deconstruction. Sounds kinda negative, to be honest. 😅 Sounds pretty scary when it’s applied to who you are and what you believe is true and real in […]