Halloween is Geoff’s favorite holiday, perhaps driven by childhood parties with pumpkins, candy, and costumes, given his Oct. 25 birthday. It’s important to Geoff that we DRESS up for Halloween– generally thematically around what our children want to be. The first year they were really able to trick or treat, we were a family of… Continue reading Local Family of Skeleton Zombies Wishes You a Happy Halloween
“Mom, what’s a hoe?” I want to answer “garden tool” but I know that is not the kind of hoe she is asking about. There is really no good way I can give a short answer to say it’s a bad word to describe someone who has a lot of sex with a lot of… Continue reading Porn, Hoes, and Santa’s Sleigh
Soccer is the sport that witnessed me falling in love with my husband. Perhaps the most romantic of the seasons, that first autumn gave me the best version of myself in the time of year I love most with the person I was meant to marry. Coaching high school soccer in a small town doesn’t… Continue reading Christopher and Dana Reeve Blog: “Goalkeeping Life Skills,” October 23, 2018
Pink is powerful and poignant and has perfected its job of making people aware of breast cancer. However, pink is not enough. October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. However, October is not enough. Traditionally, we wear pink in October– in our hair, on our clothes, and in our souls to inspire awareness; however, awareness… Continue reading METAvivor Breast Cancer Research and Support: Stage 4 Needs More
We had a difference of opinion while putting away the summer crap this weekend. Geoff wanted to be able to get into our shed, which is never going to happen given that it is our only storage space for outdoor equipment. The bikes and his hand cycle live outside the shed under tarps, and I… Continue reading Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation: “To Be Daddy for a Day,” October 9, 2018
Dear Miss Margaret and Miss Eliza Kavanaugh, You do not know me, and it’s probably difficult to trust anyone these days when it comes to your family and strangers with the media party that has become your life lately. My name is Heather, and I’m an English teacher and writer from New Hampshire and also… Continue reading Dear Daughters of Mr. and Mrs. Kavanaugh
Heather Ehrman Krill 