Articles & Podcast Episodes

Why We Broke Up With Christmas

In this episode, we talk about how we do holidays and our evolving relationship over the years with Christmas in our family. If your kids are listening and they believe in Santa, cover their ears! If you have questions or comments, send them in! Music Credit: Our son Egan aka NEXTIME.

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Why We Left the Job World and Got Into Business

In this episode, we talk about our escape from employment and how we found our way to working for ourselves. While the road was not always smooth, it was well worth it. There’s nothing like owning your time so that you can create the life you want to live. If you have questions or comments, … Read more

A Day in the Life Raising 10 Kids

In this first episode, we talk about how we navigate our days and nights at home. What’s important to us, what doesn’t matter at all. How we’ve learned to keep 10 kids moving in (almost) the same direction. If you have questions or comments, send them in! Music Credit: Our son Egan aka NEXTIME.

What 25 Years of Marriage to the Same Person Has Taught Me

We celebrated 25 years of being married a few months ago. Yes, yay! Our wedding is the sort of strange memory we both have and really, I don’t know what 25 years feels like to anyone else, but it’s hard for me to wrap my brain around what that means and also all the memories … Read more

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A Letter to My Kids

Dear Kids, I’m taking the time to write this to you today, years before there’s a chance that you’ll ever read it. One of my reasons for doing this is simply because I want to affirm some things that I see you doing and some of the ways you are being before you forget them. … Read more