Are We There Yet?

Ayden and Rich at the Helm of Tohora Iti. Dana Point Harbor. June, 2009. Passage Making I was driving to my office the other day, a trip I’ve made five days a week for five years now. The route is familiar; if not for the occasional stray steer in the road at the crest of […]


For Rebecca, on The BIG Day

Rich, Rebecca, and Ruffles. Father’s Day, 2010. Pacific Ocean. Giveaway Day This afternoon at 5:30, my husband will escort his daughter down the aisle and present her hand to another guy. Her guy. The one who is now the most important man in her world. The one I told you about last year, when their […]


For Rebecca, on The BIG Day

Rich, Rebecca, and Ruffles. Father’s Day, 2010. Pacific Ocean. Giveaway Day This afternoon at 5:30, my husband will escort his daughter down the aisle and present her hand to another guy. Her guy. The one who is now the most important man in her world. The one I told you about last year, when their […]


For Rebecca, on The BIG Day

Rich, Rebecca, and Ruffles. Father’s Day, 2010. Pacific Ocean. Giveaway Day This afternoon at 5:30, my husband will escort his daughter down the aisle and present her hand to another guy. Her guy. The one who is now the most important man in her world. The one I told you about last year, when their […]


A Connoisseur of Grace

Laundry.  Sundresses and Sweaters Autumn arrived in my town last week. I noticed when I did the laundry. How else could I explain the wardrobe shift? As I hung clean clothes on the rod that my awesome husband installed next to the dryer, I noticed my blue eyelet sundress hanging right between a pair of […]