Kelli Diane

With the very real pressure of a baby ready to drop beneath me, Chris and I had little time to find the perfect home when we moved to Seattle nearly two years ago. We were alright with a “fixer”, so long as nothing needed immediate attention, required three bedrooms, and we were hoping for […]

Among the chatter of new moms - meeting between naptimes with our decaf-whatever, children tucked under shirts, bags under our eyes, and the distant look of complete desparation - buzz all of the new conveniences ready to make our sleepless twenty-first century lives look more and more like the images of the 1950’s. One […]

After four weeks since my fall, the recovery is going well. For a while there, I wasn’t sure the pain would ever stop or that my shoulder would ever feel the same again. Slowly, however, things continue to improve. For the first time in weeks, I managed a short run at the […]

Dear little man,
When I began these monthly updates so long ago, I sensed that I was setting myself up for failure. At some point, I would inevitably miss a month. At some point, I’d get tired of the committment, a month would become too soon an interval, and people would surely tire of […]

Leaving Santa Barbara this afternoon was absolutely one of the most difficult goodbyes I’ve ever faced. As I stood at her bedside a couple of hours before our flight, I dreaded finally having to walk out. I feared facing the emotion that was to come and everything that I’ve held inside for weeks. […]

Though I do not regret all the life and lessons I’ve lived over the past ten years, I often wonder why it is that I ever left this place. Most definitely, there’s something to be said for experiencing new surroundings, living far enough away from one’s safety net that you might actually eat serious […]

Random meme because I’m uninspired and too busy drinking heavily and enjoying paradise to bother updating with anything meaningful.

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Who was your best friend? Brooke. Though never […]