the LTM blog

At one point, we all ended up with a teacher that confused us, did we not? Maybe I should speak for myself. I have wondered since the moment I met her, as an 8-year-old, why my second-grade teacher decided to teach young children. Perhaps a career with fully-formed adults would have been more her speed? […]

I talked about journaling in a recent IG story and got a bunch of messages with the same question. What do you write when you journal? Good question. I’m glad you asked. In short, I write the truth. I don’t censor myself when I journal. I write whatever I’m feeling.  If I’m feeling like writing […]

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 […]