It was many years ago in September. Bill and I had just finished building a home in central Minnesota and were about three-and-a-half months from the birth of our first daughter. It was a time for dreaming,

It's been a bit longer than usual between blog posts for me for one very important reason—I’ve been on vacation! My husband and I ventured off, road-tripping and camping our way out west, leaving all but a few cares behind and