A Sip of Sakki

A year ago today I lost my beautiful mother very suddenly to cancer. It’s a day that will forever be ingrained in my memories, and even still the details are so vivid of the night...

Hashimoto’s: I have an Autoimmune Disease

I mentioned in my 2018 year in review that one of the things I was nervous about was my own health. January 1st I went to see the phlebotomist to give away some blood for the typical...

This is a very long story, because my mother didn’t want us to say anything publicly while she was alive. If the title didn’t give it away, my mother recently passed from this...

One Year Later

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Hashimoto’s: I have an A...

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Love and Loss: The Death of my...

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Aug 11, 2016

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Living History: Let’s be a Viking!

This summer I have had the pleasure of not once, but twice, making a trip back to the 8th century (or thereabouts) and living for a weekend as a Norse Viking lady. Thanks to the encouragement (and excitement) of my boyfriend, Peter (Jarl Seamus), I have been sucked into the world of living history and I am loving every minute of it. It was a little nerve-wracking at first, because...

Mar 1, 2016

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Adulting: I Bought a New Car

My first car ever was a gift from my Great Grandmother on my father’s side. She did not drive, and my late Great Grandfather’s ’94 Oldsmobile sat mostly untouched in her garage for years. Occasionally it was driven to the supermarket by a relative, but after his passing no one really drove it much. My parents fixed it up for me (as an un-driven car is not a good...

Mar 1, 2016

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