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These are scary times and uncharted waters we are navigating here with the coronavirus. I refuse to contribute to the fear and paranoia that is constantly pumped out by the media. We have a choice. We can be smart, educated and level headed in times like this or we can run around like chicken little. […]

What a treat to be able to get away with your girlfriends! That is exactly what I did this past weekend when my friend Ashley and I teamed up with downtown Holland to experience the official “Girlfriends Weekend“.  We relaxed, we sipped mimosas and coffee and we shopped until we danced. (don’t worry we dropped […]

What a week it has been catching up from being gone for work/fun. I feel like my hands might fall off from typing so much. I am looking forward to getting together with my pal Ashley for some fun in downtown Holland for Girlfriends Weekend! When we showed up to the same coffee shop to […]

This weekend could not come soon enough and I am ready to close the computer and relax for a little bit with my family. We have nothing planned except for a charity dinner Saturday night. The rest of the weekend we are going to soak up the cold sunshine and maybe go for a walk, […]

It’s been a while since we had a check in for Otto’s feeding schedule and I was elated when I sent in his current progress and they wanted to see him right away. We have been slowly cutting back about 10-15% of the g-tube fed volume each time and yesterday was the first time we […]

I am continuing with my campaign to get you all to come and visit Michigan. In addition to an excellent food, wine and beer culture (as well as an emerging cocktail culture) we also have incredible coffee shops. People joke that we have a church on every corner, I would argue along side them we […]