by Sarah Huth There is a light over my hospital room door that is flashing red and beeping, alerting the hospital staff that my blood pressure is over 200/90. The anesthesiologist hands me a pen while explaining the risks of a C-Section delivery while a nurse “prepares” me for the surgery. I am writhing in … More Is Everything Going to be Okay?
by Sarah Defibaugh The Walmart checkout guy was really chatty and I found myself glancing wistfully over at my ‘usual’ clerk and wishing I had gone through her line. But it was too late: my two year old was already foisting plastic eggs and Easter treats onto the conveyor belt and this twenties-something dude … More An Easter Conversation
Everything’s nice and tidy. The children have invented an obstacle course in the living room and are cheering one another across the finish line. Supper’s in the oven. You’ve been given a wondrous creative moment to work on whatever’s brewing at your fingertips. All the challenges and squabbling are behind you. Peace. The fruit of all those teaching moments. … More The Valley
by Sarah Huth A few weeks ago, we surprised our kids by taking them to a large children’s event (event name withheld to protect the innocent) a couple hours from our home. We booked a hotel for the night prior and the event was the following morning. After a long night of the kids waking multiple … More The Simple Things
by Sarah Huth My family and I recently returned from our much anticipated vacation to Moab, Utah. We traveled with our two kids; ages six and almost two. My husband and I traveled to Moab before we had kids, and we vowed to return. Anyone has traveled even as far as the grocery store … More Making plans
by Sarah Defibaugh Dear Eighty-Five-Year Old Me, First of all, I’m really hoping you have all your original teeth. If you don’t, you have only yourself to blame. Well, yourself and the Skittles. I’m banking on the fact that tasting the rainbow didn’t leave you with pot of gold teeth. I’m also hoping your hair … More Dear Eighty-Five-Year-Old Me…
By Sarah Defibaugh I experienced a subtle mental shift when I moved from twenties into my thirties. Did you feel it also? The twenties provided me some buffer, some flexibility as I found my path professionally and personally. I thought of myself as young. To try something didn’t mean that I had to be an expert … More Why I’m going to keep trying crazy things
by Sarah Huth How rested are you feeling today? Not so much? I hear you. I struggle daily with prioritizing and scheduling and trying to accomplish too much…there is always more to do after all. I have a feeling I’m not at all alone in this. We live in a country where a large portion … More A time for rest
by Sarah Defibaugh Sarah H. and I recently had a chance to talk for three glorious hours over deep fried pretzels at a brewery that used to be a morgue. We covered all the usual topics (who was using the potty/not using the potty, the best exercises to strengthen one’s back, and whether or not … More Wired for Words
by Sarah Huth One of my closest friends reads Dandelion Wine by Ray Bradbury every summer. This summer I finally decided to see what it was all about and I loved it. Bradbury writes of the summer of Douglas Spaulding, age 8. His details and descriptions of the summer of 1928 transported me back to my own childhood, where … More Dandelion Wine
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