Hopscotch

Hopscotch

Many people want to know how we are doing a week into our Vegas residency, and all I can think to say is, “We’re playing hopscotch.” On Tuesday I walked Landon to his first day of kindergarten at Givens Elementary, and we were all smiles with sun on our shoulders and...

Gelgela’s Grace

We always thought we’d keep Selah’s Ethiopian name as her middle name, but we changed our minds once we realized that Selah Beyenech Lunceford is a mouthful–and one that stands no chance of being pronounced correctly from the graduation stages she will one day...

Meetcha Day

Sorry for the lull in posts. We’ve been busy and, honestly, I’m lacking motivation to write. We’ve been through too much in the last few days to even try to explain what we’ve done, seen, heard, touched, and, well, smelled. It’s overwhelming. There are some things I...
Sunday Eucalyptus

Sunday Eucalyptus

My favorite smells are the Pacific Ocean and eucalyptus trees. Both remind me of  my hometown: Montecito, California. When I was there in January, the scent of the trees made me cry. I hadn’t smelled them in more than a year, and I realized just how much I missed...