• My 2018

    My 2018… wasn’t so great. I didn’t talk about it very much on social media, so apologies if this is surprising to some of you. I lost my sight, barely avoided a diagnosis of MS or brain tumor and instead was told I have atypical optic neuritis. On top of that, kiddo was in the……

  • Making Changes

    I’ve made a few #vaguebook posts lately, and I do apologize for that, but suffice it to say I’ve been working through a lot of things over the past year. I’m reminded of something my parents said when I was little: “You are an average of the five people with which you spend the most……

  • Go to the doctor.

    I wasn’t sure I was going to post this, but decided I should. The main reason being that I want to remind my friends to go to the doctor. This is another long post, so buckle up if you plan to read this. On Monday, I saw an eye doctor about severe pain in my……

  • Alexa…

    Kiddo and I spent some time looking up the locations of the AppleTV screen savers. The one we were looking at was from Dubai. When Mat got home he asked Alexa to play a song, to which Kiddo asked Alexa to play a different song. The Alexa war escalated to the point that random songs……

  • Honor Flight

    This was an amazing experience, and I only saw a sliver of it. My grandfather, SSG William C. Perry, drove Sherman tanks in World War II through parts of Germany and France. On Wednesday, September 6, nearly 73 years later, he and my father flew to Washington, D.C. together as part of Honor Flight Bluegrass.……

  • Kiddo’s first experience with live music

    My mom and sister brought kiddo to the Louisville Concert Band performance tonight. They all three sat in the front row and were in my line of sight the whole time. As soon as the music started, my kiddo’s face lit up! Their jaw dropped and their eyes got as big as saucers. Seeing them……