One year ago we said goodbye to our dear friends and pulled away from the comfortable, amazing life we had in Southern California for the unknown of the road. This is a bit unreal to me. Both that it’s already…
The Fine Art of Saying No
This full time RV life has me contemplating all the yeses and nos of my parenting. I think in many ways, this life we chose made us say yes to a lot of really great things. Adventure, pushing ourselves, stretching…
The Sacredness of Grief
I recently shared my story at a grief group in rural Missouri. Six years have gone by since I last held my boy on this earth and yet I can’t even get one word out of my mouth before the…
Thankful List: 9 Months of Full-timing
Every Saturday morning, I write 10 things I’m thankful for in my journal. I started doing this shortly after losing Mason. In the midst of suffocating grief, it really helped me be intentional with gratitude and praise. There were plenty…
Motorhoming for Mason
Grief is a lonely road. This painful and unplanned journey is dark much of the time. It’s long and in most ways, never-ending. But this lonely road has many stops along the way. Many moments of introspection, of looking back,…
Ready to Quit?
So often when I meet people and tell them about our full-timing life they say, “I’ve always wanted to do that!” And I think, really? I sure never did. When our dear friends ventured out on the road several years…